The Biden Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services is pushing a universal masking requirement for all individuals in a Head Start facility above the age of two, including all staff, volunteers, and contractors. Head Start is a federal government program that provides qualifying, low-income children with early education services. Head Start is also requiring toddlers to wear masks while they are outside on the playground, and mandate staff and volunteers to be vaccinated by January 31, 2022.
We know that masking may be detrimental to early childhood development, and this is just the latest example of government overreach. That’s why I’m proud to cosponsor H.R. 6312, the Preventing Mandates on Toddlers Act. This bicameral legislation would nullify the Biden Administration’s interim final rule.