Massachusetts Education Officials released updated COVID guidelines for schools Monday, as students begin to prepare for their return to the classroom. According to ABC 6 in Providence, the state will not be recommending masking or COVID testing starting this Fall. In February, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced the state would end its mask mandate for K-12 schools and that schools should focus their mitigation strategies on vulnerable and symptomatic people. Individual districts will be able to still decide to implement their own testing programs.