'Safety recommendations are welcomed and encouraged—mandates that place more stress on students and families aren't,' Arizona Governor Doug Ducey said.
is denying additional funding to schools that require a mask or close for COVID-19 outbreaks with the state's current ban on mask mandates, the Associated Press reported.
Ducey also created a $10 million grant program that largely mirrors the state's private school voucher program by awarding parents $7,000 for each student if their public school required isolating or quarantining due to COVID-19 exposure, or if it mandated masks or gave preferential treatment to vaccinated children.
At least one other state, Florida, is giving private school vouchers to parents who say a public school district's mask-wearing requirements amount to harassment of their children.
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