Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order, The Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds, No. 4:21-cv-00264 (S.D. Iowa Sept. 13, 2021), ECF No. 32

The record

Jurisdiction

Iowa (federal district court order binding the State and its school districts) · Iowa

Level

Court

Authority

Fed. R. Civ. P. 65; ADA Title II, 42 U.S.C. § 12132; Rehabilitation Act § 504, 29 U.S.C. § 794; American Rescue Plan Act

Issued

2021-09-13 Sept. 13, 2021

Effective

2021-09-13

End

Converted to a preliminary injunction October 8, 2021 (ECF No. 60); stayed and vacated by the Eighth Circuit (January 25, 2022; 24 F.4th 1162); case later dismissed for lack of standing (2024) (read as 2021-10-08)

In force

Sept. 13, 2021 to Oct. 8, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices

Addressees

• Governor Reynolds
• Director of the Iowa Department of Education
• Iowa public school districts (freed to adopt mask requirements)

Functions reached

• IN schools: mask requirements reinstated from September 14-15, 2021 in Des Moines, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Ames and other districts
• WF workforce (school policies)

Collection

Iowa IA

Operative words

'On May 20, 2021, Governor Reynolds signed into law an act banning local school districts from imposing mask mandates on school property unless otherwise required by law (H.F. 847, ch. 139, 2021 Iowa Act § 28, codified at Iowa Code § 280.31).... Plaintiffs... challenge section 280.31... The Court recognizes issuing a [temporary restraining order] is an extreme remedy, however, if the drastic increase in the number of pediatric COVID-19 cases since the start of the school year in Iowa is any indication of what is to come, such an extreme remedy is necessary to ensure that the children involved in this case are not irreparably harmed.' [Order: Defendants are enjoined from enforcing Iowa Code § 280.31 in Iowa public schools.]

Enforcement

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