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The department of education says it will pay the salaries of florida school board members if the state makes good on its promise to defund districts that defy the governor's order. which brings us to a woman named judy hayes, one of the dozen parents suing florida's governor, saying their children with disabilities need a mask mandate to stay safe in school. hayes lives in orange county and her 10-year-old son, will, has down syndrome, as well as other underlying health conditions. judy hayes joins me along with her attorney, matthew daetz. litigator for the disabilities independence group. ju...

President say that we're heroes, i can't even put into words how much i appreciate hearing that from our leaders, knowing that he's on our side, his wife is an educator. i feel like they get us and they're in this fight with us. and i'm hopeful we'll get somewhere. >> matthew, how soon could this lawsuit change the situation in florida schools? >> well, currently we're waiting on the governor to give a response, and the governor's response is due on the 24th. but we're also reaching out to the department of education and the department of justice. they are the enforcing authorities when it com...

But it isn't safe to send him. so unfortunately, every day i take jack to school, i come home, will says where's jack? and i say, jack's in school. and he doesn't get to go to school, and it's really sad. we hope it'll be safe for him to go back soon. >> can you help others understand why remote learning isn't sustainable for will? >> for kids like will, a lot of times they'll have a paraprofessional in the classroom with him, just to sit and help him find the right workbook page, make sure he's staying on track, when they're using computers to make sure he doesn't close out the zoom before it...

With disabilities need a mask mandate to stay safe in school. she lives in orange county and her 10-year-old son, will, has down syndrome as well as underlying health conditions. judy hayes joins me along with her attorney, matthew daetz. how is your kid's first week of school? >> thank you very much, alicia. so my 13-year-old had a great first week. he's in eighth grade and she's super excited to be back and to see his friends and just to get back into the classroom. he's taking fun classes, so he's excited about that. but for will, not so good. he's 10 and he's supposed to be in fourth grade...

>> right matthew, how soon could this lawsuit change the situation in florida schools? >> well, currently we're waiting on the governor to give a response, and the governor's response is due on the 24th. but we're also reaching out to the department of education and the department of justice. they are the enforcing authorities when it comes to a law like the a.d.a. and section 504, and they have the obligation not only to and in compensate superintendents for doing the right thing, but also saying that the law requires schools to keep their children with disabilities safe. so i hope that this ...