Posted on 09/11/2021 6:33:59 AM PDT by rarestia
The Department of Education said it has opened a civil rights investigation into whether Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is violating the rights of disabled students with his executive order banning mask mandates. On Friday, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights issued a letter to state Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran. The document said th DOJ was ''opening a directed investigation'' into whether the statewide ban on mask requirements in schools ''may be preventing school districts in the state from considering or meeting the needs of students with disabilities.'' The letter, from Suzanne Goldberg, the Education Department’s acting assistant secretary for civil rights, went on to say, ''OCR’s investigation will focus on whether, in light of this policy, students with disabilities who are at heightened risk for severe illness from COVID-19 are prevented from safely returning to in-person education, in violation of Federal law." Said Goldberg, the inquiry will consider if Florida is "preventing schools from making individualized assessments about mask use so that students with disabilities can attend school and participate in school activities in person," as is their right. The DOJ action came on the same day that the First District Court of Appeals reinstated the governor's ban on school mask mandates. It had been blocked by a circuit judge. DeSantis has maintained his ban exists because the decision on whether children mask up in classrooms belongs to their parents and guardians.
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Do they even think?
Thanks Nixon!
Liberalism is a mental disorder. That’s the only explanation.
Not the Babylon bee? This 🐂💩 gets more ridiculouser by the day.
Humans have always excelled at lying to themselves and others. These people are magicians coming up with this sh*t.
Again, he is banning just mandates. Folks can still wear masks if they choose.
Will federal agents show up Florida and other states with arrest warrants for governors?
NO AUTHORITY.
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The Department of Education was established October, 1979.
https://graylinedc.com/blog/birth-united-states-department-education/
The Department of Education.
Where the average IQ is about 75.
“Common long-term effects of oxygen deprivation can include
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Difficulty with memory, including the ability to recall facts, names of objects and/or people, and faces. This can also interfere with the ability to learn new information or recall autobiographical facts.
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Difficulties with impulse control. Many brain injury survivors develop addictions, aggressive behavior, or sexually inappropriate compulsions.”
https://www.spinalcord.com/blog/what-happens-after-a-lack-of-oxygen-to-the-brain
Seriously?
Disabled children can wear masks. They just can’t be FORCED to wear masks.
Florida’s law means the government cannot FORCE you.
How the HELL is that discriminatory?
The best way to protect children in school likely to be susceptible to Covid is to open up all the windows and place them near the windows where air is coming in.
Sorry. My bad. Was thinking of the EPA. Thanks Carter!
Some of us may remember what is contained in that 'trigger warning' Declaration of Independence, pertaining to the grievances against George III; "He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance."
Where is it written that the Department of Education has authority to investigate lawful actions taken by a state??
OMG, a disabled kid got sick at school- lets sue until nobody ever gets ill again!
Yeah, 'directed', as in ordered told to find something, anything, to find fault with DeSantis.
I do that too. Too often, unfortunately!
Nixon and the EPA, another unforgivable act!
Building on what you have posted: the best way to protect children in school is to keep them out of public schools.
Only in the most extreme circumstances should parents allow their child to be in government schools.
IF there is an issue with a disabled student-—I think the kid CAN wear a mask.
DeSantis is against MANDATES for ALL the kids.
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