Posted on 08/15/2021 1:27:52 PM PDT by Enlightened1
DeSantis signed an executive order last month banning mandatory masks in schools and on Monday threatened to withhold the salaries of school board members and superintendents who refuse to comply
In a letter to DeSantis and the Florida education commissioner on Friday, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said that districts have “sole and complete discretion” to pay salaries that are withheld by the state for violating the order.
“We are eager to partner with [the Florida Department of Education] on any efforts to further our shared goals of protecting the health and safety of students and educators,” Cardona wrote. “If FLDOE does not wish to pursue such an approach, the Department will continue to work directly with the school districts and educators that serve Florida’s students.”
Any threat by Florida to withhold salaries from superintendents and school board members who are working to protect students and educators (or to levy other financial penalties) can be addressed using Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief [ESSER] funds at the sole and complete discretion of Florida school districts,” Cardona wrote.
Biden has personally called school districts that have refused to comply with the order to offer his support, according to a report from the Miami Herald.
The New York Post reports that a DeSantis spokeswoman blasted the Biden administration for wanting to spend federal funds “on the salaries of superintendents and elected politicians, who don’t believe that parents have a right to choose what’s best for their children, than on Florida’s students, which is what these funds should be used for.”
As the Gateway Pundit previously reported, the Broward County School Board voted 8-1 on Tuesday to keep its mask mandate in place, in defiance of the order.
“Wearing masks inside schools regardless of vaccine status is required to deal with the changing realities of virus transmission. It is a necessary precaution until children under 12 can receive a COVID-19 vaccination and more Americans 12 and older get vaccinated,” Anna Fusco, the Broward Teachers Union President, said in a statement.
Leon and Alachua counties are also enforcing mask mandates.
yep they just got $4.7 trillion
Heck of a set of priorities Biden has. But he’s giving DeSantis an early campaign event. This should be amusing.
Bribery, using the hard-earned money of American citizens.
Under another order give families education vouchers to spend as they wish to avoid mask tyranny and harrassment. Public schools received funding based on number of students enrolled.
That could be considered a bribe.
Also that means he is spending money congress hasn’t approved.
Which violates “Separation of Powers” of the Constitution.
Stolen elections have stolen consequences.
Joseph Stolen is an idiot.
Biden and his democrats care nothing about kids.
Maybe while he’s at it, raise the COLA for SS recipients.
Is Biden at war with the Taliban or the poor people of Florida?
Simple solution for the State. Any funds the FedGov give the schools, just reduce State funding by that additional amount. If the Feds pay that, then reduce again. Eventually the district will be short these salaries, or the State will save all the $$ they were paying that district. Then when the courts maybe put the kibosh on the unConstitutional Federal funding, the State has all he cards in doling the money back out!
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