Pa. schools are worried about lawsuits if they ignore state COVID-19 guidance; ‘Don’t let the fear envelop you,’ lawmaker says

By: Jan Murphy

School boards and superintendents are asking lawmakers for protection from lawsuits that may arise if they choose to ignore guidance from Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration and a COVID-19 outbreak occurs in their buildings.

With school starting in some corners of Pennsylvania already and in others within the next few weeks, lawmakers say school leaders are finding themselves in a situation of deciding whether to shift gears to comply with the last-minute changes in state guidance or continue down the path they charted for themselves at the risk of getting sued.

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