The Middletown Board of Education has backed off on a plan to allow individual exceptions from the state’s school mask mandate.

Board members were supposed to vote on a resolution during a Tuesday night meeting. But Patch.com reports that the board changed its mind after getting word that Gov. Phil Murphy would sue the district if it passed.

A group of parents have been pressuring the school to defy the governor’s orders, and held a rally outside of the meeting.

But parents who are in favor of the mask mandate held a counter-rally showing their support for masks in school.