Students cannot be banned from school campuses for refusing to wear a mask during the upcoming curricular year, educational leaders say. “The state wants to continue the mask mandate, but there’s no way to enforce it,” San Ardo Union Elementary School District Superintendent Catherine Reimer told The Epoch Times. “For school districts we have something in the education code that you used to be able to suspend or send kids home for defiance. If they’re not going to wear the mask that would ultimately be an act of defiance, and the state doesn’t allow you to send students home for defiance.” Masks will be required for students and staff at California schools as they reopen for the 2021-22 curricular year, but revised guidance issued by the state July 12 means local districts will determine how to enforce the mandate if students refuse to comply. With a return to campus approaching, the San Ardo …