{"id":5947,"date":"2021-08-30T14:36:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T18:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/all4schools.org\/?p=5947"},"modified":"2022-07-12T15:23:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T19:23:42","slug":"u-s-department-of-education-opens-civil-rights-investigation-for-students-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all4schools.org\/2021\/08\/30\/u-s-department-of-education-opens-civil-rights-investigation-for-students-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Department of Education opens civil rights investigation for students with disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-iynevi evys1bk0\" style=\"text-align: left;\">In a story from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/30\/us\/politics\/biden-masks-investigations-special-education.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times&#8217; reporter, Erica Green,<\/a> the U.S. Department of Education has begun investigations into five states whose prohibitions on universal mask mandates in schools may violate civil rights laws protecting students with disabilities including Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-iynevi evys1bk0\"><em>In letters to state leaders, civil rights officials said the department would explore whether the prohibitions \u201cmay 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.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-iynevi evys1bk0\"><em>The department said it has not opened investigations in Florida, Texas, Arkansas, or Arizona because those states\u2019 bans on universal indoor masking are not being enforced in schools due to litigation or other state action. The office would continue to closely monitor those states, officials said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-iynevi evys1bk0\"><em>Earlier this month, President Biden announced he had directed his Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to use the agency\u2019s broad power to intervene in states where governors have blocked mask mandates. \u201cWe are not going to sit by as governors try to block and intimidate educators protecting our children,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-iynevi evys1bk0\"><em>Dr. Cardona has said he was particularly perturbed by prohibitions in places where the Delta variant of the coronavirus has sent cases surging. He said that he has heard from desperate parents who fear sending their immunocompromised and medically vulnerable children into schools that do not have universal masking&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-iynevi evys1bk0\"><em>\u201cThe department has heard from parents from across the country \u2014 particularly parents of students with disabilities and with underlying medical conditions \u2014 about how state bans on universal indoor masking are putting their children at risk and preventing them from accessing in-person learning equally,\u201d Dr. Cardona said in a statement announcing the investigations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-iynevi evys1bk0\"><em>Millions of public school children qualify for special education services t<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/19\/us\/19virus-abbott-texas-lawsuit-mask-mandate-ban.html\">hat often require hands-on instruction and other services and therapies<\/a>. And th<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/19\/us\/19virus-abbott-texas-lawsuit-mask-mandate-ban.html\">e population has been a priority to get back into classrooms after<\/a>\u00a0experiencing steep academic and social setbacks as a result of school closures during the pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-iynevi evys1bk0\"><em>The department will specifically look at whether the state bans violate Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which includes \u201cthe right of students with disabilities to receive their education in the regular educational environment, alongside their peers without disabilities, to the maximum extent appropriate to their needs,\u201d the department said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-iynevi evys1bk0\"><em>It will also look at whether statewide prohibitions violate Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which prohibits disability discrimination by public entities, including public education systems and institutions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-iynevi evys1bk0\"><em>The department said that the investigations are not indicative of a violation, which could result in a state losing federal funding. Most investigations result in resolution agreements where the agency and the district or state being investigation agree to reforms in lieu of penalties.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Stay informed of issues impacting children, educators and public schools and join us today!<\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"dt-pswp-item\" href=\"https:\/\/all4schools.org\/join-us\" data-dt-img-description=\"\" data-large_image_width=\"250\" data-large_image_height=\"100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1452\" src=\"https:\/\/all4schools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SIGNUPBUTTON.png\" alt=\"Sign Up\" width=\"195\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a story from the New York Times&#8217; reporter, Erica Green, the U.S. Department of Education has begun investigations into five states whose prohibitions on universal mask mandates in 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