The Biden administration’s Department of Education on Tuesday added Texas to the list of states being investigated over their bans on or exemptions from school mask mandates. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights sent a letter to Texas Education Agency (TEA)  Commissioner  Mike Morath on Tuesday notifying him about a “directed investigation” into whether the ban on mask mandates in Texas violates federal law. TEA did not respond to a request for comment. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigation is specifically looking into whether the restriction on school mask mandates violates the rights of students with disabilities under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The act protects students with disabilities from discrimination. “Specifically, OCR will examine whether, in light of Texas’s prohibition on local school districts and schools from requiring the use of masks, TEA may be preventing school districts in the state from considering or meeting the individual educational …