(Des Moines, IA) — Five people have filed ethics complaints against Republican state senators who voted to ban mask mandates in schools.
The complaints allege senators violated their own ethics standards against discriminating based on disability and ignored the risk that COVID-19 poses to disabled and medically vulnerable students. The argument is the same one being used in a state and a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the law against mask requiring masks in schools.
Senate Republican Leader Jack Whitver is asking the Senate Ethics Committee to dismiss the complaints because the ethics code applies to personnel matters and harassment prevention, and it’s not a violation to vote for a bill.
