A half-dozen large school districts, including Austin, have asked a state appeals court to block Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from pursuing lawsuits to enforce the governor's ban on mask mandates in schools. Paxton has sued at least 15 school districts across Texas, including Round Rock and Elgin [EHL-ghin], opening another front in his efforts to enforce a July 29 executive order by Governor Greg Abbott that barred cities, counties and school districts from requiring face coverings to minimize the spread of COVID-19. In a motion filed this week with the 3rd Court of Appeals, the six school districts argued that Paxton's legal blitz is an improper end run around the Austin-based appeals court, where Paxton and the districts are locked in a legal fight over mask mandates.

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