DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman has amended her lawsuitover the state's ban on mandatory face masks in schools to include allegations the law violates state and federal constitutional protections.
Frances Parr's amended lawsuit alleges the law passed in May violates equal protection and due process rights guaranteed in the federal and state constitutions. The Council Bluffs woman wants a judge to block enforcement of the law.
SEE MORE: Council Bluffs mother is suing Gov. Kim Reynolds, Departments of Ed. and Public Health
On Monday the U.S. Education Department announced it’s investigating whether Iowa's law and similar ones in four other Republican-led statescould violate federal anti-discrimination laws.
Iowa is experiencing a COVID-19 surge. Iowa has during the past month gone from a seven-day moving average of cases of less than 300 a day to more than 1,000 daily, as hospitalizations climb.
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