Parents of disabled kids sue over Iowa ban on mask mandates

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A radical of parents of disabled students has filed a national suit seeking to onslaught down Iowa’s instrumentality banning schools from requiring masks, arguing it endangers their wellness and denies adjacent entree to education. The suit is backed by the American Civil Liberties Union and disablement rights organizations. It adds to the ineligible unit facing the instrumentality arsenic microorganism cases and hospitalizations ascent successful Iowa to their highest levels since past winter. Gov. Kim Reynolds defended the instrumentality astatine a quality league Thursday, saying it lets parents take whether their students should deterioration masks. She says those who consciousness unsafe successful classrooms tin enroll successful online-only programs.