to be made for students with disabilities who would have difficulty wearing masks or individuals who had an individual educational plan, an iep, or a 504 accommodation. so we have always had in place accommodations for individuals who would need them on the basis of a medical endorsement. superintendent carvalho, i really appreciate your time tonight. thank you very much. we will continue to follow it. we ll be right back. - that moment you walk in the office and people are wearing the same gear, you feel a sense of connectedness and belonging right away. and our shirts from custom ink help bring us together. - [narrator] custom ink has hundreds of products to help you feel connected. upload your logo
and employees who obviously reflected some degree of a medical concern affirmed by a doctor. in addition to a recognition that accommodations would have to be made for students with disabilities who would have difficulty wearing masks. or individuals who had an individual educational plan, an iep, or a 504 accommodation. so we have always had in place accommodations for individuals who would need them on the basis of a medical endorsement. superintendent carvala, i really appreciate your time tonight. thank you very much. we will continue to follow it. we ll be right back. it s a wishlist on wheels. a choice that requires no explanation. it s where safe and daring seamlessly intersect.
president say that we re heroes, i can t even put into words how much i appreciate hearing that from our leaders, knowing that he s on our side, his wife is an educator. i feel like they get us and they re in this fight with us. and i m hopeful we ll get somewhere. matthew, how soon could this lawsuit change the situation in florida schools? well, currently we re waiting on the governor to give a response, and the governor s response is due on the 24th. but we re also reaching out to the department of education and the department of justice. they are the enforcing authorities when it comes to a law like the a.d.a. and section 504, and they have the obligation not only to come in and compensate superintendents for doing the right thing, but also saying that the law requires schools to keep their children with disabilities safe. so i hope that this gets resolved in the next two to
not optimal for him or anybody else. matthew, take us really big picture here. what s at stake in terms of disabled children s right to an education? well, the a.d.a. and section 504 actually guarantees these children a right to go to school and to go to school in a safe environment. while you can do something so easy as to put on a mask to secure the health of kids like will and kids who have asthma and other disabilities that they would be in danger of getting sick or even dying, we re really dealing with high stakes for these kids. either they re excluded from school, or they have to be segregated in a safe area without contact or potential contact with any other child in the halls or anywhere else in school. judy, on thursday president biden called efforts like yours heroic. take a listen. to the mayors, school superintendents, educators, local leaders who are standing
others understand why remote learning isn t sustainable for will? for kids like will, a lot of times they ll have a paraprofessional with him to sit there and help him find the right workbook page, make sure that he s staying on track and when they re using computers, to make sure he doesn t close out the zoom before it s time he relies on that support. but when he s at home during that virtually, that support person s me, and that means, a, i can t work, and b, i have to step into the role of teacher and being the task master, which i don t necessarily want to and it s not optimal for him or anybody else. matthew, take us really big picture here. what s at stake in terms of disabled children s right to an education? well, the ada and section 504 actually guarantees these children a right to go to school