(Atlantic) The Atlantic School Board’s special meeting scheduled for Monday is canceled.
According to information released by the Atlantic Community School’s Business Manager’s Office, late on Friday night, the Iowa Division of Labor issued the following statement:
“As a state plan state, the Iowa Division of Labor is charged with protecting the health and safety of those in the workplace and has the authority to enforce workplace safety and health standards for Iowa businesses. Iowa doesn’t have a standard requiring the COVID-19 vaccine or testing. But after closely reviewing the federal OSHA vaccine mandate, Iowa has determined it will not adopt the federal standard. Iowa had concluded that it is not necessary because Iowa’s existing standards are at least as effective as the federal standard change.”
Officials with the Atlantic School District said, “Because the state of Iowa will not adopt the federal standard mandating vaccines, we will be canceling our special board meeting scheduled tomorrow (Monday) at noon. We will still hold our regular meeting on Wednesday starting at 5:30 pm.”
The Supreme Court held a public hearing on Friday, on the federal mandate – a vaccine or testing requirement aimed at businesses with over 100 employees.
