NORTH ATTLEBORO - Masks will have to be worn inside school buildings when public school students and staff return to the classroom over the next two weeks.
Massachusetts Education Commissioner Jeff Riley issued the regulations one day after the state’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education gave him the authority to issue a mandate.
Masks will be required when students and staff are indoors, except when they’re eating, drinking or during mask breaks.
Schools with a vaccination rate of 80 percent for students and staff as of October 1 would no longer be subject to the mandate.
In addition, the board of health Tuesday night gave Town Manager Michael Borg the authority to issue a mask mandate for all town buildings.
Click the video below to highlights of the masks portion of the board of health meeting.
Tuesday’s meeting can be seen in its entirety through September 2 on North TV’s Government Channel: Comcast channel 98 and Verizon channel 23.
The meeting can also be streamed for viewing at any time by becoming a North TV Insider.
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