The Somerset County Board of Education is sharply disputing a state watchdog’s accusation that it broke the law and its own rules when it hired its current legal team, calling the Office of the Inspector General for Education’s analysis “extremely troublesome,” legally flawed, and biased.

By a vote of 12-2, the Maryland State Board of Education on Tuesday afternoon voted to rescind its mask mandate in schools effective March 1.  

Virginia's General Assembly moved swiftly Wednesday to put the final legislative touches on a bill that bans local school systems from imposing mask mandates on students.