Dallas ISD is openly defying Abbott's mask mandate ban. Others may follow.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : "We're in a situation that has gotten significantly more urgent," he said at a news conference Monday, citing what he called a "temporary surge" of COVID-19 cases driven by the delta variant, combined with the lack of state funding for school districts to offer a virtual schooling option.
49% : Teachers say they'll know which students have opted out, but enforcement for those who did not will be more relaxed in younger grades.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.