The Biden administration said on Thursday that it was reimbursing a Florida school district that lost state money for imposing a mask mandate, in opposition to a ban on such orders from Gov. Ron DeSantis, pro-Trump Republican.
strident governor and the White House, as well as an accompanying, ongoing court fight.
“We should be thanking districts for using proven strategies that will keep schools open and safe, not punishing them,” U.S. Education Secretary Michael Cardona said in a statement.to promote the safe resumption of in-person instruction, which was halted for much of last year in many large cities, as well as in states controlled by Democrats, who tended to be more cautious about in-person schooling than Republicans like DeSantis.
on school masking, which has resulted in thousands of students having to quarantine in those and other states“to provide additional funding to school districts that have funds withheld by their state or are otherwise financially penalized for implementing strategies to prevent the spread of COVID-19.”Kelly Leon, a spokesperson for the education department, said that Cardona aimed “to make awards as expeditiously as possible.
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