Fri 20 Aug 2021 16.00 EDT
Guardian staff and agencies
Florida officials are threatening to withhold funds if school districts in two counties do not immediately do away with strict mask mandates as the state continues to battle through high hospitalization rates.
School boards in Broward and Alachua counties received a warning on Friday from the state board of education giving them 48 hours to walk back their decisions to require masks for all students, exempting only children that have a doctor’s note.
... (the commissioner of education, Richard Corcoran) Corcoran is threatening to deduct the equivalent of school board members’ monthly salaries from state funding.
Guardian staff and agencies
Florida officials are threatening to withhold funds if school districts in two counties do not immediately do away with strict mask mandates as the state continues to battle through high hospitalization rates.
School boards in Broward and Alachua counties received a warning on Friday from the state board of education giving them 48 hours to walk back their decisions to require masks for all students, exempting only children that have a doctor’s note.
... (the commissioner of education, Richard Corcoran) Corcoran is threatening to deduct the equivalent of school board members’ monthly salaries from state funding.
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