After months of legal wrangling between the state government and school districts intent upon forcing children to mask up, all of Florida’s schools have now come into compliance with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban on mask mandates, marking another victory for the firebrand governor against coercive COVID-19 policies.
The development came after three school districts that had continued to defy Gov. DeSantis’ July prohibition on school mask mandates finally agreed to rescind their mask mandates after unsuccessfully challenging the governor’s order in court.
“I want to see my kids smiling, I want them having fun,” DeSantis said upon announcing his intention to sign an executive order banning school mask mandates in July. “We need our kids to breathe.” Read more…
