Tennessee’s Attorney General is seeking a stay on the federal court decisions that allowed mask mandates back in some Tennessee schools.
Governor Bill Lee ordered that parents could opt their children out of mask mandates at public schools earlier this year. Attorneys in Shelby County and Knox County later won legal decisions that nullified Lee’s order and allowed school systems in both places to reinstate mask mandates.
Attorney General Herbert Slatery announced Monday afternoon he has appealed and will immediately seek a stay of those federal district court decisions.
“These orders have impeded the governor’s executive authority during an emergency to direct the state’s public health response, which is why this office will be appealing those decisions,” Slatery said in a statement.
