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House agrees to shield Louisiana schools from COVID lawsuits

by Associated Press
| June 23, 2020 3:27 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana K-12 schools and colleges would receive sweeping protections against civil lawsuits from students and teachers who contract an infectious disease, including COVID-19, under a bill that won overwhelming support Tuesday from the state House.

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