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Wisconsin parents suing school boards over lack of COVID-19 protocols face an ‘uphill battle.’ Here’s why.

Noted: Julie Underwood, a retired faculty member of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education and Law School, said the argument in the lawsuits are based on a claim of negligence: The school districts have a responsibility to provide reasonable care of the child, and failed to do so.

If it’s determined that immunity doesn’t apply here, the next question would be whether  it was reasonable for the school boards not to require masks, Underwood said.