Television station WTVR wanted to explore the question: When making decisions on face masks, how should local Virginia school districts interpret state law? WATCH VIDEO.
So, they reached out to Toscano Law Group to get our legal interpretation. Said attorney Diane Toscano:
"When legislators write phrases into the law, such as 'to the maximum extent practicable' what they're doing is giving those who have to implement that law wiggle room," said Diane Toscano, founder of the Toscano Law Group. "So, it should come as no surprise that school districts are deciding for themselves what that means in terms of masking students. If the General Assembly didn't intend for that interpretation, they wouldn't have written those words into the statute. So, if a local school division doesn't find masking practical, they're going to lean on those words as their justification for that decision."
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