Hi, Folks -

Wow - following the logic, here, can make your head hurt. :) And remember, all this is based on bogus PCR testing to come up with the "number of cases", and apparently deliberate ignoring of science-based statements that masking is harmful and not effective for the intended purpose..

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Biden Admin Opens Civil Rights Investigations in 5 States That Ban School Mask Mandates
by GQ PAN

The U.S. Department of Education announced on Aug. 30 that it has opened investigations in five Republican-led states that ban mask mandates in schools, saying such policy could be discriminatory against students with disabilities.

In letters sent to chief state school officers of Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) said it’s looking into whether these states discriminate against students with disabilities by denying them safe access to in-person learning.

The OCR is concerned that restrictions on school mask requirements “may be preventing schools … 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 letters state.

“The department has heard from parents from across the country—particularly parents of students with disabilities and with underlying medical conditions—about how state bans on universal indoor masking are putting their children at risk and preventing them from accessing in-person learning equally,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a press release.

“It’s simply unacceptable that state leaders are putting politics over the health and education of the students they took an oath to serve.”

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/biden-admin-opens-civil-rights-investigations-in-5-states-that-ban-school-mask-mandates_3971745.htm

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