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Federal clerk: Temporary injunction on school mask mandate ban won't expire Monday

Federal clerk: Temporary injunction on school mask mandate ban won't expire Monday
NOW. WE’RE NEARING TWO WEEKSINCE S ETH FEDERAL JUDGE ISSUED AN INJUNCTION TEMPORARILY STOPPING THE ENFORCEMENT OF AN IOWA LAW BANNING MASS MANDATES IN SCHOOLS AND SOMEIS DTRTSIC LIKE NORWALK ARE STILL FIGURING OUT A PLAN FOR THEIR SCHOOLS. KCCI’S KAYLA. JAMES IS LIVE IN DES MOINES WITH THE STATUS OF THIS ORDER KAYLA. YEAH, STACY C SCHOOLS LIKE DES MOINES COUNTY LANDS MIDEDL SCHOOL HERE. THEY ARE THEY CAN STILL HAVE THEIR MASK MAN. THEY GOING INTO EFFECT COME NEXT WEEK. THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS TOWARDS END OF THIS WEEK FOR HOW LONG THAT TEMPORARY PAUSE WILL STAY INTO EFFECT, AND WE GOT THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUEIOSTNS. WASHING CARRIES 5O T FROM ANKEN’A'S DECISION. WE NOTARIZING EXEMPTIONS OUTSIDE IF YOU WANT ONEO T JOHNSTON’S THEIR FOOD IDIOT MASTER DANGEROUS FOR CHILDREN AND TO A HUGE EXCHANGE JUST BEFORE WAKIS MEETING SCHOOL MASK MANDATES ARE AN INTENSE TOPIC AND WITH AN IMPENDING HEARING IN MD.IN THERE’S STILL A SLIGHT SENSE OF UNCERTAINTY. OBVIOUSLY. IT’S A LITTLE FRUSTRATING OR WORRYING, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE’D HAVE TO GO BACKWARDS WITH THIS AUDREY ALVAREZ THE MOTHER OFWO T IN THE ANKENY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS DISTRICT SHE PLANS ON DOING WHAT SHE CAN ASHE S WAITS TO SEE WHAT COMES FROM THE INJUNCTION. I’M YOU KNOW, JUST GONNA KEEP DOING WHAT I CAN HERE AND TALKING WITH, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD QUESTIONS THE RULES THIS WEEK AFTER ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING THE ACLU ASK THE COURT FOR A 14-DAY EXTENSIONS TO TEMPORARY INJUNCTION. THE ACLU’S LEGAL DIRECTOR TELLS KCCI THEY DID THIS TO MAKE SURE THE INJUNCTION WOULD BE IN PLACE LONG ENOUGH TO REUL ON THE PENDING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION DOCUMENTS SHOW A DAY AFTER AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING GOVERNOR REYNOSLD RESPOND TEDO THAT REQUEST ASKING THE COURT TO RESIST THE MOTION KCCI REAEDCH OUT TO THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE ON FRIDAY A FEDERAL CLERK TELLS US THE INJUNCTION WILL LAST UNTIL A RULING IS MADE ON THE PRELIMINARY HEARING WHICH WAS ALSO STATED WHEN THE FEDERAL LARGE ISSUED A TEMPORARY RESTRAINGINRDER O NO MATTER WHAT THE RULING ENDS UP BEING ALVAREZ SAYS PARENTS SHOULD WANT ONE THING IT’S TURNED INTO KINDF, O YOU KNOW, JUST THIS POLITICAL FOOTBALL THAT KEEPS GETTING TOSSED BKAC AND FORTH AND REALLY WHEN IT COMES RIGHT DOWN TO IT. IT’S HOW DO WE KEEP OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL? HOW DO WE KEEP TH SEMAFE? IF REACHED OUT TO MESO DISTRICTS TODAY. WHAT THEY WOULD DO IF THEIR MATCH REQUIRED TO GOT REVERSED SOMETIME DOWN THE ROAD. THEY SAID FOR NOW THEY’RE JUST KEEPING WATCH. IS HAPPENING AND THEY’LL MAKE A DECISION IF THAT THAT METI COMES IN DES MOI
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Federal clerk: Temporary injunction on school mask mandate ban won't expire Monday
A federal clerk confirms with KCCI on Friday that the temporary restraining order on the Iowa law banning schools from making mask mandates won't expire on Monday. The clerk says it will last until a ruling is made on the preliminary injunction. On Sept. 13, a federal judge ordered the state of Iowa to immediately pause enforcement of the law banning schools from implementing mask mandates. In the following two weeks, several central Iowa schools started requiring masks. Questions about how long the temporary restraining order would last arose this last week. Attorneys representing the ALCU of Iowa asked the court for a 14-day extension to the temporary injunction. The ACLU's legal director sent KCCI a statement, explaining why this move was made."We filed the motion to ensure that the temporary injunction would be in place long enough for the court to rule on the pending motion for a preliminary injunction. Otherwise, it's possible, although not certain, that the courts would treat the existing temporary restraining order as a preliminary injunction for purposes of an appeal. This request is meant to ensure the most clarity for everyone." -Rita Bettis Austen, ACLU legal directorDocuments show that the next day, an attorney representing Gov. Kim Reynolds responded to that request asking the court to resist the motion. KCCI did reach out to the governor's office on Friday, but did not hear back.

A federal clerk confirms with KCCI on Friday that the temporary restraining order on the Iowa law banning schools from making mask mandates won't expire on Monday.

The clerk says it will last until a ruling is made on the preliminary injunction.

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On Sept. 13, a federal judge ordered the state of Iowa to immediately pause enforcement of the law banning schools from implementing mask mandates. In the following two weeks, several central Iowa schools started requiring masks.

Questions about how long the temporary restraining order would last arose this last week.

Attorneys representing the ALCU of Iowa asked the court for a 14-day extension to the temporary injunction. The ACLU's legal director sent KCCI a statement, explaining why this move was made.

"We filed the motion to ensure that the temporary injunction would be in place long enough for the court to rule on the pending motion for a preliminary injunction. Otherwise, it's possible, although not certain, that the courts would treat the existing temporary restraining order as a preliminary injunction for purposes of an appeal. This request is meant to ensure the most clarity for everyone." -Rita Bettis Austen, ACLU legal director

Documents show that the next day, an attorney representing Gov. Kim Reynolds responded to that request asking the court to resist the motion.

KCCI did reach out to the governor's office on Friday, but did not hear back.