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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone forgets that this lawsuit wasn't filed because of a health concerns. It was a filed for political reasons to prove that republicans are wrong. Now, no cares anymore about the governor being a republican and the whole "trumper" thing has lost it's edge so people don't really care about masks. [/quote]

Yup. This settlement just says that parents can ask for masking and the school has to entertain the notion before rejecting it. At this point it's going to take a unicorn medical condition to actually require a classroom of kids to mask as a reasonable accommodation.

The school must engage in the interactive process with the student and his
or her parents to determine in the first instance whether some amount of
masking is necessary to satisfy the ADA and Rehabilitation Act. In making
that determination, a school should consider alternative modifications such
as one-way masking, staff or teacher masking, ventilation improvements,
and social distancing. If a school nevertheless determines that peer masking
is the reasonable modification necessary to satisfy the ADA and Rehabilitation
Act rights of a student with a disability, S.B. 739 and E.O. 2 do not
prohibit this modification. Any required masking should be limited to the
places and times necessary to satisfy the requirements of the ADA and Rehabilitation
Act. The school must not require a student with disabilities to
be segregated or excluded solely because of his or her need for peer masking
as a necessary reasonable modification.[/quote]

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