Parents of disabled kids sue over Iowa ban on mask mandates

[progressoid]

Source: Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A group of parents of disabled students filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to strike down Iowa’s law banning schools from requiring masks, arguing it endangers their health and denies equal access to education.

The lawsuit, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union and disability rights organizations, adds to the legal pressure facing the law as virus cases and hospitalizations climb in Iowa to their highest levels since last winter.

The U.S. Department of Education launched investigations this week into whether the Iowa law and similar measures in four other Republican-led states illegally discriminate against students with disabilities or health conditions.

A Council Bluffs mother of twin boys has filed a state lawsuit challenging the measure, and a judge has scheduled a hearing next week on whether to grant a temporary injunction blocking its enforcement.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-iowa-bf24442a7ce6d9521226da0f5a3fa2a4

[NullTuples]

1. US Supreme Court: Sooo sorry, but state law is out of our jurisdiction.

[Pinback]

2. Good. This should be happening in every maskhole state.

The prohibitions on mask mandates deny equal access to an education, particularly for students whose underlying health conditions put them at higher risk.

[progressoid]

3. Of course the irony is that IA's law prevents local control of masks

This is from the party that pretends it supports local control.

[Pinback]

4. Yep. "My body, my choice. Her body, my choice." (nt)