DeSantis nixes punishment for school districts that defied mask rules
Under the Legislature’s plan, districts in 12 counties would have been ineligible for $200 milion because they had mask requirements.
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Under the Legislature’s plan, districts in 12 counties would have been ineligible for $200 milion because they had mask requirements.
Under the Legislature’s plan, districts in Hillsborough, Sarasota, and 10 other counties would have been ineligible for the money because they had mask requirements.
The state was set to cut $1.3 million in funding for Indian River County schools after the district imposed a mask mandate, but DeSantis struck the decision
Breaking from the Legislature’s efforts to punish school districts that imposed mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday directed Florida’s new education commissioner to ignore a plan that would have made the districts ineligible for $200 million.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a record $109.9 billion state budget, while also vetoing $3.1 billion in projects.