No statewide mask requirements, COVID-19 testing in Mass. schools this year

Updated at 5:49 p.m.

James Bessette

08/16/2022

K-12 STUDENTS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS will not be required to wear masks when they return to school this fall. / AP FILE PHOTO/LYNNE SLADKY — STUDENT TEST scores are down in Rhode Island and across the nation since 2019. Is it fair to blame COVID-19?/ AP FILE PHOTO/LYNNE SLADKY

MALDEN, Mass. – Students entering K-12 public schools across Massachusetts this fall will get a return to normalcy after two years of restrictions and disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley and Massachusetts Department of Public Health Commissioner Margaret Cooke jointly issued Monday a memorandum…

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