{"id":655918,"date":"2021-08-17T18:51:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T22:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=655918"},"modified":"2021-08-17T18:51:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T22:51:45","slug":"tennessee-governor-signs-executive-order-allowing-parents-to-avoid-masking-their-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-governor-signs-executive-order-allowing-parents-to-avoid-masking-their-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Governor Signs Executive Order Allowing Parents To Avoid Masking Their Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennessee-governor-signs-executive-order-allowing-parents-to-avoid-masking-their-children%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=655918&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/57E84563-17E6-4163-9882-6DEE7C82E5F5_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed an executive order Monday giving parents the ability to make decisions about whether their kids wear masks in schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/governor\/news\/2021\/8\/16\/gov--lee-signs-executive-order-giving-parents-ability-to-opt-out-of-school-mask-mandates.html\"><span class=\"s1\">stated<\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"25\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>I want to acknowledge the frustration and fear that many are feeling \u2013 fear of COVID and its effects on your family, fear of government intervention and its effect, and frustration over everything from masks to information that changes by the day.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Right now, some of the greatest frustration is occurring in our K-12 schools, especially around the issue of mask mandates. While local decision-making is important, individual decision-making by a parent on issues regarding the health and well-being of their child is the most important.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>No one cares more about the health and well-being of a child than a parent. I am signing an executive order today that allows parents to opt their children out of a school mask mandate if either a school board or health board enacts one over a district.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Districts will make the decision they believe are best for their schools, but parents will have the ultimate decision-making for their individual child\u2019s health and well-being. I will not be calling a special session at this time.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">The executive order <a href=\"https:\/\/publications.tnsosfiles.com\/pub\/execorders\/exec-orders-lee84.pdf\">says<\/a>, \u201ca student\u2019s parent or guardian shall have the right to opt out of any order or requirement for a student in kindergarten through twelfth-grade to wear a face covering at school, on a school bus, or at school functions, by affirmatively notifying in writing the local education agency or personnel at the student\u2019s school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The decision comes as kids go back to school in the midst of ever-changing COVID-19 guidance and intense debates surrounding school board decisions regarding mask-wearing for children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been in a legal battle with local districts who wish to defy his executive order banning mask mandates and impose their own restrictions on regions and schools.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has also been pushing back against local officials in his state who wish to require mask-wearing in defiance of his executive order that gives parents the right to make decisions about whether their children wear masks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Last week, the Biden administration further involved itself into the debates going on in the Republican governors\u2019 states.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-administration-now-offering-cash-to-florida-school-districts-who-defy-gov-desantis-ban-on-mask-mandates\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>, \u201cFox News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-admin-targets-desantis-ban-on-mask-mandates-offers-cash-to-florida-school-districts-defying-governor.amp\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;Saturday that U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/oese.ed.gov\/files\/2021\/08\/Letter-from-Secretary-Cardona-FL-08-13-21.pdf\"><span class=\"s1\">wrote<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;a letter to DeSantis and Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran informing them that the federal government would provide funds to school districts that defy the governor\u2019s order and risk losing state funding.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cFlorida\u2019s recent actions to block school districts from voluntarily adopting science-based strategies for preventing the spread of COVID-19 that are aligned with the guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) puts students and staff at risk,\u201d Cardona wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe are eager to partner with [the Florida Department of Education] on any efforts to further our shared goals of protecting the health and safety of students and educators,\u201d Cardona added. \u201cIf FLDOE does not wish to pursue such an approach, the Department will continue to work directly with the school districts and educators that serve Florida\u2019s students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cardona sent a similar <a href=\"https:\/\/oese.ed.gov\/files\/2021\/08\/Letter-from-Secretary-Cardona-TX-08-13-21.pdf\"><span class=\"s1\">letter<\/span><\/a> to Abbott, saying that the Department of Education \u201cstands with\u201d the educators who are \u201cworking to safely reopen schools and maintain safe in-person instruction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed an executive order Monday giving parents the ability to make decisions about whether their kids wear masks in schools.He stated:I want to acknowledge the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}