The president also called a school district in Arizona to pledge his administration's support.
"After listening to comments from 48 public speakers and reviewing more than 350 written comments submitted by community members, the School Board voted eight to one to implement the rules set forth by the Department of Health and the Florida Board of Education," the district's official statement read.
President Joe Biden personally called the superintendent of schools for Broward County, Florida, to commend her on the district's mask mandate. In this photo, Biden speaks at a press event after his infrastructure bill passed the U.S. Senate.also reported that the president made a similar call to commend Arizona Union High School District Superintendent Chad Geston for his district's mask mandate.
Call transcripts provided by the White House revealed that Biden said his administration"stands ready to support their school districts and communities to get back to safe, full-time, in-person learning."intended to give Florida parents the full authority to opt their children out of school mask mandates. The order also empowered the State Board of Education and the Florida Department of Health to deny funds to any districts that defied it and implemented mandates anyway.
DeSantis's office then softened its stance on the issue somewhat, saying that the state government had no authority to deny pay to faculty and staff members who are not state employees. Instead, funding will be denied equal to the salaries of superintendents and school board members. "Those officials who infringe upon that right should own their decisions—and that means owning the consequences of their decisions, rather than demanding students, teachers, and school staff to foot the bill for their political grandstanding," DeSantis' press secretary, Christine Pushaw, said in a statement
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