INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita and 23 other states attorneys general are suing the Biden Administration over mask and vaccine mandates in preschools.
The new rules affect all preschool programs funded by the federal Head Start program.
Head Start is a federal grant program geared to helping infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children from low-income families prepare for the K-12 school experience.
Head Start programs are available at no cost to children ages birth to 5.
The mask requirement applies to children as young as two-years-old, while the COVID-19 vaccine requirement applies to staff and volunteers.
Rokita calls the mandate “unlawful,” “draconian,” and “impractical.”
Earlier this fall, Rokita also filed lawsuits against the Biden Administration’s first three COVID-related mandates — an executive order applying to federal contractors; an OSHA rule applying to private employers with 100 or more employees; and a U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule applying to health care facilities receiving federal funds.
