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A circuit judge is expected to make his ruling today on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order that bans school districts from requiring students to wear masks.

The closings come after 10 school districts making up about half of Florida's 2.8 million students have enacted mask requirements that flout the governor's challenged executive order.

The hearing began with plaintiffs’ attorneys calling medical doctors as witnesses, with arguments centered mostly on the efficacy of wearing masks to help the spread of COVID-19.

A USF epidemiologist testified that a Brown University study referenced by Gov. Ron DeSantis to defend his executive order is problematic.

A legal battle over Gov. Ron DeSantis’ attempts to prevent school mask mandates will go ahead next week after a circuit judge refused to dismiss the case Thursday.

Attorney for parents suing over the executive order wrote that the governor’s power “is not absolute and is "limited by the Florida Constitution.”

The attorneys are urging a Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper to dismiss the case filed by parents from various parts of Florida that challenges Gov. Ron DeSantis' executive order.

After a largely procedural Zoom hearing Friday, a state judge scheduled a Thursday hearing unless he decides to dismiss the case beforehand.

Two families from Northeast Florida claim the state's Medicaid program is illegally applying the same criteria to infants and children with medically complex needs that it applies to adults.

Passengers 12 and older must complete a health questionnaire before boarding, with separate protocols onboard for people who are unvaccinated.