According to the rule, these students would qualify for a Hope Scholarship, an existing program created to protect children who are bullied, assaulted, harassed or threatened in school.
The Florida Department of Health also announced a rule on Friday requiring school districts to allow parents to opt their children out of mask mandates.Families protest any potential mask mandates before the Hillsborough County Schools Board meeting held at the district office in Tampa, Fla., July 27, 2021., which directed the state departments of education and health to enact measures to protect"parents' rights ... to make health care decisions for their minor children.
Multiple districts this week defied the governor's order by issuing mask mandates for their students, including northern Florida's Alachua County, where schools have experienced a surge of COVID-19 cases among staff, including two recent deaths.
South Florida's Broward County Public Schools, the other district to require masks for students, had not released updated guidance by Friday evening. The district said Wednesday that it was"awaiting further guidance" before updating its policy.The debate around mask requirements comes as the delta variant of the coronavirus wreaks havoc in Florida.
On Thursday, the Florida Hospital Association reported 12,500 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19, marking a new pandemic high. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the state is now reporting over 17,000 new cases per day. About 1 in 5 COVID casesEditor's note: Story updated to correct spelling of Leanetta McNealy's name.
Finally, sanity. The education board should be focused on kids EDUCATION. They are not a medical board.
This is about taking money away from public schools. The vouchers will go to the private schools. DeSantis only cares about $ and his donors. Students transfer out of school districts w/ mask mandates and use vouchers for private schools. Hurting public ed.
They are given a voucher to private schools that get $$ from the government… report on that please
Can't wait to see where DeathSantis plans to find the money for this.
Will there be «mask » schools ? Soon «GOP » schools ? It’s really becoming a US and THEM society. A civil conflict in the making.
So a conspiracy to defraud money from private schools? Good to know they willing to risk kids lives for their religious cronies? Tax the churches since they are being
He’s murdering them all if they murder the next generation that could fight against the dictatorship the takeover is complete
Yes but parents would have to transport them
Can they transfer schools due to a LACK of a mask mandate?
Also known as the Fucker Carlson effect.
Why do we get freedom from masks instead of freedom from deadly disease? Why do we have freedom of out of control gun ownership instead of freedom from insane gun violence?
What about harassment of kids who do wear masks? Will they get vouchers too?
According to this, covid cannot be transfer to those other schools... good to know. I was wondering why these People isnt rich right now?
EducationFL wants to destroy public education. That’s all.
brooklynmarie Ron Desantis wants to create “Whites Only” schools
All good , now they can all to to the governor's kids school.
Cool
Maybe my cousins 5 year old daughter won’t have to ride a bus 2 hours a day if she can switch schools. The Florida education system is a mess.
This has so many lingering affects; their familiar social construct, teaching, transportation, taxes if attending in different town, etc etc
Good for them
Amazing. There is no reason to put young kids in masks all day. Good for Florida.
DeSantis is insane
So here we are again with law makers doing nothing! Wow! Thanks! This is why the 99% need to organize and remind these 1% pricks who’s ACTUALLY in charge! We no work, you don’t get money! 🖕🏽
Or they can wear a mask and live
Florida is so sharp
RISE UP PARENTS... You have a voice. You have a choice. Let your children live, or die. Mask & Vaxx for them, and them Mask Up for you.
God help us The pandemic has exposed stupidity and ignorance One fair warning to all the idiots that don’t get it Watch what you wish for Again, fair warning
It's all about politics before public health!
Ridiculous as funding is primarily local and no district wants a super-spreading child with dangerous irrational parents
That can be a good thing. Segregate all of the anti-masker's & anti-vaxxer's kids to keep the rest of the kids & society safe! 😷💉😷
Children under 15 have a 0.03% chance of dying from covid so masks are not nessesary and studies prove time and time again that they don't work. If you want to wear one that's a personal choice but forcing kids to wear them is disgraceful.
Mmmm, I wonder how many parents would swap schools and gamble with their childrens lives to prove a point?
This is inane
Looks like that school bus is about to run them over
Okay, now let every district make its own decision on masks…the “out” if a parent doesn’t like it they can use a voucher…let’s get on with it!
I’m glad my kids don’t go to school in Florida! DeSantisDoesntCare
Florida keeps delivering for it’s people. fair to say that one day we will look back on Florida and be forever grateful for a variety of reasons.
Covidiots are now an official branch of the NRA 😬
Do their kids use seat belts? It’s just that simple. Get the vaccine.
Unbelievable.
GovernorWho is deadly for Floridians and children RonDeathSentence RonDeathSantis
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