U.S.|Children with disabilities sue the Texas governor over his ban on school mask mandates.
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Children with disabilities sue the Texas governor over his ban on school mask mandates.
The suit in federal court, which argues that the ban denies medically at-risk children equal access to a safe education, could set a national precedent.
Students and teachers at the Lamar Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas, wore masks last week as required by the school, a policy the state has sought to nullify.Credit…Matthew Busch for The New York Times
By Amanda Morris
Aug. 19, 2021
Parents of young children with disabilities are suing Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas over his ban on mask mandates in public schools, arguing that the executive order, signed in July, prevents their medically at-risk children from being able to attend school safely.
The federal lawsuit, filed on Tuesday by the advocacy group Disability Rights Texas, opens another legal battlefront over pandemic policy in the state. Mr. [...]
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