Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s (R) executive order blocking school districts from enforcing mask mandates has been halted by a federal judge, who found it severely limits the accommodations districts can offer students who are at high risk for contracting Covid-19 due to their disabilities.
The students and their parents are likely to succeed on their claim that the policy denies their right to enjoy safe, free, and non-biased access to public school programs by failing to accommodate medical conditions that render them disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act and make them more vulnerable to hospitalization and death due to ...