NOW THE BATTLE OVER I WAS LAW BANNING MASS MANDATES IN SCHOOL DEMA IT TO THE FEDERAL COURT THIS MORNING LAWYERS FOR GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLD S.INTO APPEAL A JUDGE’S RULING THAT ALLOWS SCHOOLS TO ISSUE MASS MANDATES DURING THE PANDEMIC NEW AT NOON. KCCI’S AMANDA ROOKER BRINGS US THE ARGUMTS FROM BOTH SIDES AMANDA. THE APPEAL WAS HEARD THIS MORNING. IN THE EIGHTH CCUIRIT COURTN I OMAHA. THE STATE IS FIGHTING TO KEEP IOWA’S LAW BANNING MASKS MANDATES IN SCHOOLS. IT’S A LAW THAT’S BEEN PUT ON HOLD UNTIL THE COURTS MAKE THEIR DECIONSI THIS MORNING IN COURT. THE STATE’S COUNCIL ARGUED THAT THE INJUNCTION BLOCKING IOWA’S WLA IS QUOTE OVERBROAD AND ATTEMPT TO OVERPOWER STATE AUTHORITY. HE SSAY THE STATE IS QUOTE NOT CONTENDING THAT ABSOLUTELY NO MASS SHOULD EXISTND A THATHE T LAW DOES ALLOW FOR EXCEPTIONS WHEN MASKS ARE NEEDED BUTN OTHE OTHER SIDE PLAINTIFFS SAY I WAS LAW VIOLATES THE AMERICANS WITH THIS ABILITIES ACT ARC OF IOWA AND THE ACLU ARGUED THAT THE ST ATE NEE TODS TAILOR THEIR POLICY TO ALLOW STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO GO TO SCHOOL WITHOUT RISK TO THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. THEIR COUNCIL SAYSS A IT STANDS THE IOWA LAW DOESN’T ALLOW FOR SCHOOL. TO REQUIRE MASKS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS WITHOUT FEARING THAT THEY’LL LOSE THEIR ACCREDITATION. NOW THAT BHOT SIDES HAVE BEEN HEARD THREE FEDERAL JUDGES ARE DELIBERATING. KCCI WILL BRING YOU THEIR DECISION AS SOON AS IT COMES DOWN. THANK YOU, AMANDA. WELL THE LEGAL BATTLE OVER MASS MANDATES STARTED NOT LONG AFTER THE IOWA LEGISLATOR PASDSE BAN EARLY THIS YEAR CASES BOBO MAN SHOWS US HOW THAT LAW ENDED UP IN CRTOU TODAY. WELL, TC A GOVERNOR REYNOLDS ORIGINALLY SIGNED THISAN B ON SKMA MANDATES BACK IN MAY IT WASN’T UNTIL SEPTEMBER THE START OFHE T SCHOOL YREA THAT THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED AND A TEMPORARY INJUNCTION WASUT P INTO PCELA WE HEARD FROM PARENTS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE AT SCOLHO BOARD MEETINGS PASSIONATELY DEFENDING THEIR STANCE ON WHY SCHOOLS SHOULDR O SHOULDN’T GO BACK TO MANDATING MASK THE ISSUE FOUND ITSELF AT TH CEENTER OF MANY NONPARTISAN SCHOOL BOARD RACES IN SOME DISTRICTS LIKEAU WKEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES WERE FORMED. CAMPAIGN ON BEHALF OF ANTI-MASK CANDIDATES GOVERNOR REYNOLDS SENT US A STATEMENT IN OCT ARE SAYING IN PART QUOTE WE WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS TO DECIDE WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND TO UPHOLD STATE LAWS ENACTED. BY OUR ELECTED LEGISLATURE LEGISLATORS, THE PLAINTIFF’S ARK OF IOWA AND THE ACLU SAY THE LAW VIOLATES THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. IT’S A CRUALCI RULGIN BECAUSE IT PROTECTS THE KIDS WITH WHO ARE IMMUNO COMPROMISED OR WITH DISABILITY SO THAT THEY CAN BE PROTECTED IN SCHOOLND A IT PROVIDES FOR UNIVERSAL MASKING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT EMPLOY IT AND THAT’S A TO PROTECT KIDS. ATTORNEY AND DRAKE ASSOCIATE LAW PROFESSOR DENISE HILL SAYS THE JUDGE PUT THE INJUNCTION IN BASED ON HIS FINDINGS CITING THE INCREASE IN PEDIATRIC COVID-19 CASES IN IOWA THE GRAVE HARM THAT CHILDREN INVOLVED IN THE CASE COULD F