A legal dispute making its way through Shawnee County District Court could undercut the current quarantine structure used by scores of schools and local health departments across the state, with a Topeka-area parent arguing the process is flawed. What began as Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450 parent Jill Foster-Koch challenging the quarantine orders of her two daughters could have far greater implications. Embedded in the challenge, filed last month, is an argument that school districts in the county are effectively serving as an extension of the county health department in ordering quarantines, something Foster-Koch’s lawyers argue state law doesn’t allow.
Source: Dodge Globe.
