The Michigan Senate approved a bill that would remove capacity limits on high school graduation ceremonies. Mallory McMorrow was the only Democrat who vote in favor of the bill. McMorrow says she spoke to superintendents throughout her district before making her decision. She says there are fears the families who can’t go to graduations could hold ceremony that would more of a threat to spreading COVID.
“I would hope that the focus would be on getting more people vaccinated and encouraging these events to take place outdoors where the CDC is now saying it’s safe, especially if we can hit those vaccination rates and not requiring masks outdoors so it felt like a messaging bill and not actually addressing an issue,” explained McMorrow.
The measure now moves on to the House.
