Posted on 09/15/2021 6:57:45 PM PDT by Libloather
MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge declined Wednesday to block a ban imposed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to prevent mandating masks for Florida school students amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
Judge K. Michael Moore in Miami denied a request by parents of disabled children for a preliminary injunction against an executive order that DeSantis issued in July that served as the basis for the Florida Department of Health issuing a rule that required school districts to allow parents to opt out of any student mask mandates.
Moore wrote in his ruling that parents should have pursued administrative claims before filing a lawsuit.
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The rulings mean the state can resume its efforts to impose financial penalties on the 13 school boards currently defying the mask mandate ban. Those have included docking salaries of local school board members who voted to impose student mask mandates.
The U.S. Department of Education has announced a new grant program to provide funding for school districts in Florida and elsewhere that lose money for implementing anti-coronavirus practices such as mandatory masks. The federal agency has informed state officials that it would also be investigating whether the state’s ban on mask mandates violates federal civil rights laws that protect students with disabilities.
DeSantis has argued that the new Parents Bill of Rights law reserves solely for parents the authority to determine whether their children should wear a mask to school. School districts with mandatory mask rules allow an opt-out only for medical reasons, not parental discretion.
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Good news.
Sleepy enough that I gotta map this one out.
Ok good. Anti mandate ruling. Now I can sleep.
They really twist these headlines.
My brain hurts.
Dock the freak commies pay!
Go DeSantis!
The punishment is docking salaries. What if George Soros just pays the salaries anyway?
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