{"id":643843,"date":"2021-08-14T10:21:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T14:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=643843"},"modified":"2021-08-14T10:21:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T14:21:55","slug":"biden-admin-says-federal-funds-can-be-used-to-pay-florida-school-employees-defying-desantis-mask-mandate-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-says-federal-funds-can-be-used-to-pay-florida-school-employees-defying-desantis-mask-mandate-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden admin says federal funds can be used to pay Florida school employees defying DeSantis\u2019 mask mandate ban"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fbiden-admin-says-federal-funds-can-be-used-to-pay-florida-school-employees-defying-desantis-mask-mandate-ban%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=643843&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--><p>\u201cI am deeply concerned about Florida\u2019s July 30 Executive Order prohibiting school districts from adopting universal masking policies consistent with CDC guidance,\u201d Cardona wrote in the letter. \u201cMoreover, on August 9, the Governor\u2019s spokesperson released a statement specifying that in cases where school districts adopt masking policies consistent with CDC guidance, \u2018the State Board of Education could move to withhold the salary of the district superintendent or school board members.\u2019 The Governor\u2019s Office appeared to further clarify that penalties could take the forms of fines on a school district.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span>As mentioned in my call to Commissioner Corcoran on August 4, we are eager to partner with FL DOE [Florida Department of Education] on any efforts to further our shared goals of protecting the health and safety of students and educator,\u201d the letter continued. \u201cIf FL DOE does not wish to pursue such an approach, the Department will continue to work directly with the school districts and educators that serve Florida\u2019s students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7260778\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"38\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7260778\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7260778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1233751698-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"US President Joe Biden alongside Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (L) speaks about the collapse of the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, during a briefing in Miami Beach, Florida, July 1, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1233751698-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1233751698-181x120.jpg 181w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1233751698-620x412-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1233751698-768x510-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1233751698-1536x1020-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1233751698-2048x1360-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7260778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US President Joe Biden alongside Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (L) speaks about the collapse of the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, during a briefing in Miami Beach, Florida, July 1, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Christina Pushaw, a spokeswoman for DeSantis, condemned the Biden administration for trying to spend money on employees \u201cwho don\u2019t believe that parents have a right to choose what\u2019s best for their children.\u201d Pushaw suggested the funds \u201cshould be used\u201d on \u201cFlorida\u2019s students,\u201d Politico reported.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/04\/florida-ron-desantis-christina-pushaw-white-house-joe-biden-jen-psaki-covid-19-vaccines\/\">addressed<\/a> the fight between DeSantis and school boards across Florida. White House press secretary Jen Psaki \u2013 and Biden himself shortly afterwards \u2013 told reporters earlier in August that governor\u2019s such as DeSantis should \u201cget out of the way\u201d of the administration\u2019s efforts at combating the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people are trying to do the right thing. Use your power to save lives,\u201d Psaki pleaded. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/05\/joe-biden-ron-desantis-covid-19-restrictions\/\">(RELATED:&nbsp;\u2018Governor Who? That\u2019s My Response\u2019: Biden Laughs Off Question About Ron DeSantis, COVID-19 Restrictions)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/04\/desantis-flames-biden-dont-want-to-hear-blip-about-covid\/\">responded<\/a> by telling Biden to \u201cdo your job\u201d and declaring that until the border is secure, he doesn\u2019t \u201cwanna hear a blip about COVID from\u201d Biden. The issue has sparked reports of a back-and-forth \u201cwar\u201d with <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/06\/desantis-biden-governor-who-forgotten-florida-mask\/\">DeSantis<\/a> and the White House, although the latter pushed back on that characterization during the August 11 press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur war is not on DeSantis, it\u2019s on the virus, which we\u2019re trying to kneecap. And he does not seem to want to participate in that effort to kneecap the virus, hence our concern,\u201d the press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/11\/pandemic-coronavirus-florida-joe-biden-jen-psaki-ron-desantis-war-kneecapping\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI am deeply concerned about Florida\u2019s July 30 Executive Order prohibiting school districts from adopting universal masking policies consistent with CDC guidance,\u201d Cardona wrote in the letter. \u201cMoreover, on August &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-643843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}