A teacher in Florida used a nylon cord to tie a mask to the face of a young student with Down Syndrome, violating the state’s Parents’ Bill of Rights, her father says. Sofia Steel got off her school bus on Oct. 7 with a mask tied to her face. It was the first time her parents saw her with a mask. Brevard County authorities imposed a school mask mandate on Aug. 30. But because Sofia is special needs, she has an individualized education program (IEP). The face-covering requirement (pdf) specifically exempts students with IEPs. Sofia’s parents say they were never asked for consent for their daughter to be masked and that she boarded her bus without a mask each day between Aug. 30 and Oct. 7 and returned home unmasked until they saw her with a blue medical face mask that had nylon rope holding it in place. At a …
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