U.S. Department of Education opens civil rights investigation into Florida's mask mandate ban
Source: WTXL ABC27 (Tallahassee)
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened a civil rights investigation into Florida's mask mandate ban in schools.
The Office for Civil Rights said it opened the investigation dealing with Florida's Department of Education's mask rules as it pertains to students with disabilities.
" (OCR) is opening a directed investigation into whether the Florida Department of Education may be preventing school districts in the state from considering or meeting the needs of students with disabilities as a result of Florida’s policy that requires public schools and school districts to allow parents or legal guardians to opt their child out of mask mandates designed to reduce the risk to students and others of contracting COVID-19 in school," the investigation letter states.Similar investigations have been opened in five other states.
" (OCR)...is concerned that Florida’s policy requiring public schools and school districts to allow parents to opt their children out of mask mandates may be preventing schools in Florida from meeting their legal obligations not to discriminate based on disability and from providing an equal educational opportunity to students with disabilities who are at heightened risk of severe illness from COVID-19," the investigation letter states.
Read more: https://www.wtxl.com/news/florida-news/u-s-department-of-education-opens-civil-rights-investigation-into-floridas-mask-mandate-ban-in-schools
Full headline: U.S. Department of Education opens civil rights investigation into Florida's mask mandate ban in schools
Here's a link to the case (PDF)- https://www.scribd.com/document/524483163/Directed-Investigation-Letter-9-10-21-FL#download&from_embed
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