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Jan. 26, 2022Des Moines, Iowa |  By: AP

Federal court: Iowa may enforce mask ban in most schools

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A federal appeals court has allowed the state to enforce a law that prevents local schools from imposing mask mandates.

However, the court also allowed a group of parents of disabled children to pursue a lawsuit that seeks to strike down the law.

Two members of a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Omaha on Tuesday found a previous federal judge's decision that blocked the state ban on mask mandates was too broad.

They sided with the parents and a disability rights group in concluding that their lawsuit can proceed in federal court.

The panel found the parents likely will succeed because mask requirements constitute a reasonable modification and schools' failure to provide this accommodation likely violates the federal Rehabilitation Act.