{"id":1004485,"date":"2021-11-12T18:13:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T23:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1004485"},"modified":"2021-11-12T18:13:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T23:13:32","slug":"all-florida-school-districts-defying-desantis-drop-school-mask-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-florida-school-districts-defying-desantis-drop-school-mask-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"All Florida School Districts Defying DeSantis Drop School Mask Mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fall-florida-school-districts-defying-desantis-drop-school-mask-mandates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1004485&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1231771325-e1636757194457-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Every school district in Florida that attempted to defy Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s (R) administration and faced subsequent consequences has dropped their mask requirements in schools.<\/p>\n<p>After months of battles, every school district defying the administration, including&nbsp;Broward, Alachua Broward, and Miami-Dade counties, have dropped their mandatory masking requirement for students after the Florida Department of Education \u201cvoted to <a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alisondurkee\/2021\/10\/07\/florida-school-board-punishes-schools-with-mask-mandates---and-tries-to-neutralize-white-house-effort-to-help-them-out\/?sh=5cb311c82f13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alisondurkee\/2021\/10\/07\/florida-school-board-punishes-schools-with-mask-mandates---and-tries-to-neutralize-white-house-effort-to-help-them-out\/?sh=5cb311c82f13\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">withhold funding<\/a> from after they imposed strict mask mandates despite a state order prohibiting them,\u201d as<em> Forbes<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alisondurkee\/2021\/11\/12\/all-florida-school-districts-lift-mask-mandates-after-covid-cases-fall---part-of-nationwide-trend\/?sh=56252dfa69df\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p>The Florida Department of Education has not yet responded to a request for comment on whether funding will be restored to the Florida school districts now that their mask orders are lifted. The state has been withholding an amount of funds every month equivalent to the school board members\u2019 salaries and any federal grants the district receives for their Covid-19 measures.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, Miami-Dade is among the latest to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/education\/2021\/11\/10\/floridas-largest-school-district-drops-mask-mandate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drop<\/a> the requirement, allowing parents to fill out a form to opt their children out of mandatory mask wearing in school:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0075757575758\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Important update for parents and employees! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MDCPS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MDCPS<\/a> announces new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> safety protocols. Opt-out forms can be downloaded at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cLimEggthp\">https:\/\/t.co\/cLimEggthp<\/a> or obtained at your child\u2019s school. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AJMkCgzYLC\">pic.twitter.com\/AJMkCgzYLC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miami-Dade Schools (@MDCPS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MDCPS\/status\/1458182997509824515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Miami-Dade Public Schools\u2019 website emphasizes that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) \u201ccontinues to recommend universal masking in schools, regardless of vaccination status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has long maintained that forced masking in schools would not be tolerated in the Sunshine State, contending there is \u201cnot very much science\u201d behind the practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want kids to be able to be kids,\u201d he explained during a news conference at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Florida, in July. \u201cWe need them to be able to breathe. It\u2019s terribly uncomfortable for them to do it. There\u2019s not very much science behind it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s really important that \u2014 parents can obviously equip their kid to go to school however they want, but there shouldn\u2019t be any coercive mandates on our schools,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously people can \u2014 parents can make decisions how they want to, we wouldn\u2019t restrict that, but we certainly will not have any mandates on students and on parents in the upcoming school year,\u201d the Republican governor added, sticking to his position throughout the school year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every school district in Florida that attempted to defy Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s (R) administration and faced subsequent consequences has dropped their mask requirements in schools. 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