AEA System Synthesis on DE Ruling on State Complaints Concerning House File 847 and Children with Disabilities

On Dec. 1, 2021 the Iowa Department of Education shared a decision related to a state complaint related to masking and children with disabilities. Iowa’s AEAs have provided both the full and abbreviated versions of the decision, which will be shared by each AEA with its managers and partnering superintendents in accordance with the ruling.

Information had been shared at both the Heartland AEA superintendent’s meeting and the Heartland AEA Special Education Network last week regarding a recent Ruling from the Iowa Department of Education on State Complaints Concerning House File 847 and Children with Disabilities. Iowa’s AEAs have created an abbreviated version of the ruling as a resource for administrators to use when working with teams to understand the ruling.