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'Literally losing our workforce': Florida schools defy DeSantis' anti-mask order
https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2021/08/04/literally-losing-our-workforce-florida-schools-defy-desantis-anti-mask-order-1389471TALLAHASSEE — Florida school districts are moving to resist Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order barring schools from implementing mask requirements for kids, setting up a fight with the Republican governor who has resisted any Covid-related mandates.
Late Tuesday night, school board members in Alachua County in north Florida voted to require all students to wear masks during the first two weeks of school. And Wednesday morning, Leon County, which includes Tallahassee, announced it’s seeking a mandatory mask rule for students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. Both are direct rejections of DeSantis’ executive order prohibiting schools from enacting mask requirements for students.
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Alachua, Leon and Broward are among the first to push for masking students despite DeSantis’ order. School leaders acknowledged that implementing mandatory mask rules at the behest of DeSantis and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran could ultimately hurt them financially if the state fights back.
“Corcoran and his team — they will come after our money,” Leanetta McNealy, Alachua County's school board chair, said Tuesday. “I’d rather them come after our money than we're putting people in [funeral homes].”