Letter to the Editor: Refusing to allow investigations into bullying, harassment and assaults?

Since the beginning of this year, the Iowa Department of Education has removed information on their web site, based on 2023 Iowa approved legislation, regarding rights, the filing process, and the form for families to file complaints for bullying, harassment and assaults. And now a county attorney refuses to allow law enforcement to even investigate documented evidence of this activity.

This begs the question of just how damaged these attorneys are when they clearly fail to care about the welfare of our children?

This means families are going to have to use federal laws to address these issues in Iowa. Civil rights laws and ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) have information for families who have been frustrated by the lack of caring of attorneys with regard to the rights and well-being of our children.

Sue Atkinson

Baxter