Miami-Dade schools could be out $72 million from state punishing district over masks

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Fernand Amandi
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This is how the fascist @FloridaGOP led by @GovRonDeSantis works.

Because school officials in @MiamiDadeCounty followed the science + issued a mask mandate to protect kids from getting COVID-19, the @GOP is going to cut $72 million from the school budget.
A group of Miami-Dade Public Schools current and former parents and educators gathered Friday at the district's headquarters to condemn legislation that would take away $72 million from Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Gov. DeSantis and the Florida House are pushing to shift $200 million from the dozen districts that defied his order to prohibit masks in public schools.
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Miami-Dade schools could be out $72 million from state punishing district over masks
Current and former Miami-Dade County Public Schools parents condemned state leaders Friday for pushing a bill they argue would take away critical funding for district schools.
5:44 PM · Feb 18, 2022 from Miami, FL

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article258541693.html

Current and former Miami-Dade County Public Schools parents condemned state leaders Friday for pushing a bill they argue would take away critical funding for district schools.

The “Putting Parents First Adjustment,” part of the state’s $105 billion annual budget the Republican-led House signed off on earlier this week, would shift $200 million away from 12 school districts, including Miami-Dade. The plan takes aim at school districts that defied Gov. Ron Desantis’ July executive order that prevented schools from requiring students to wear masks and implemented one anyway.

Miami-Dade could lose $72 million.

In August, when the delta variant was sweeping across Miami-Dade, the district’s medical advisory committee recommended masks be worn at all times. Former Superintendent Alberto Carvalho agreed, as did the majority of the School Board.

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