The Education Department is investigating five states with bans on school mask mandates to determine whether those policies violate civil rights
The Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to the chief state school officials in five states -- Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Utah -- notifying them of the new investigations into whether these state mask restrictions prevent students with disabilities from"safely returning to in-person education, in violation of Federal law.
"President Joe Biden instructed Education Secretary Miguel Cardona earlier this month to"assess all available tools" to make sure that governors allow students to safely return to the classroom"without compromising their health or the health of their families or communities." This includes the"consideration of whether to take steps toward the initiation of possible enforcement actions under applicable laws," a White House memo stated.
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