Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis threatens to withhold school officials’ salaries if they impose mask mandates

In Florida, the governor has tried to forestall native faculty officers from requiring masks for college students. Mere days earlier than the start of the varsity 12 months, DeSantis on July 30 issued an executive order giving dad and mom, not faculty districts, the proper to finally resolve whether or not their kids put on masks within the classroom. The governor’s order says the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention steerage, which recommends common masking inside Ok-12 colleges, “lacks a well-grounded scientific justification.”