House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and ranking members of several House Committees called on their Democratic counterparts for an immediate, bipartisan investigation into the impacts that school closures have on children with disabilities and urged for getting children back to school full-time and in-person. “Unfortunately, students with disabilities are falling behind. States and localities are not meeting even the minimal requirements,” Scalise said in a letter (pdf) to House Democratic leaders on Monday. “We are hearing from parents across the U.S. whose children with disabilities are bearing the greatest burden as schools remain closed.” Scalise indicated that state and local schools haven’t followed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to provide students with disabilities a “free appropriate public education.” “While distance learning is acceptable under IDEA, state-wide or district-wide policies that reduce or limit services specifically for students with disabilities without reasonable modifications or services are not,” Scalise …