Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has threatened to stop paying superintendents and school board members who reject his executive order banning mask mandates and instead require masks in schools this fall.
As students returned to classrooms in many Florida school districts on Monday, DeSantis said district officials who enforce COVID-19 protocols that require masks could face “financial consequences.”
Since then, several of Florida’s largest school districts have challenged the order and voted to require masks,Districts in Duval, Leon, and Alachua counties have decided to start the school year with masks, pointing to the increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations due to theSome of the policies allow parents to opt out of the requirement, but at least two districts -- Alachua and Leon counties -- have said parents must submit a doctor’s note explaining why their child shouldn’t be...
Also on Monday, Alachua County School Board Superintendent Carlee Simon said the decision to require masks in classrooms for the first 2 weeks of school is “a necessary step to start the academic year safely.” School officials in Miami-Dade County, which contains the fourth largest school district in the country, are seeking advice before deciding on a mask policy next week.
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