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The U.S. Education Department announced Friday that it is investigating Florida over its rules that block local schools districts from enacting student mask mandates.
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An administrative court has consolidated Leon's challenge and four similar cases by other districts and groups including the Florida State Conference of the NAACP. A hearing is scheduled for Sept. 24.
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The district says the state owes more than $200 million in federal relief funds. The state says Broward leaders are still sitting on $9.2 million from the first round of stimulus money.
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The Department of Education can resume efforts to impose financial penalties on the 13 school boards defying rules put in place by the governor's executive order.
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The Miami-Dade County School Board, the NAACP and other parties say the department did not have a legal basis for a rule aimed at preventing district mask mandates.
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The judge said actions like the governor's executive order on masks, typically should be upheld while working through court challenges: “But we're not in normal times, We're in a pandemic.”
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Hillsborough, Palm Beach, Leon, Duval, Sarasota and Miami-Dade reply to the education commissioner that their policies are appropriate.
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The penalties come after a judge ruled that an executive order blocking school mandates was unconstitutional. Also, two more districts enacted strict mandates and the governor said an appeal was expected.
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Florida have received more than $7 billion through the American Rescue Plan. The state says it has the next three years to use that money.
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The state Board of Education said Alachua and Broward violated a state Department of Health rule that requires parents to be allowed to opt out of student mask mandates.