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Leon’s withdrawal leaves only four districts continuing with the appeal: Miami-Dade, Broward, Alachua, and Duval.

The district dropped its mask requirements for pre-K through eighth grade. Superintendent Rocky Hanna says he’s following through on his promise to revisit the policy when positivity rates fell.

The district will allow asymptomatic children to stay in school. Those students will still have to wear a mask, though.

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.

The 3-2 vote upholds a decision by Superintendent Rocky Hanna to reinstitute a mandatory mask policy. The policy survived an attempt by two members to overturn it.

The change would be in violation of rules enacted to enforce Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order requiring parents to make mask decisions for their children.

The Broward, Leon, Duval and Alachua school districts began testing how far they can go regarding student mask mandates, setting up potential showdowns with the governor and education commissioner.

Leon County schools will stick with a mask optional policy when students return next month. That decision was unchanged after hours of testimony at Tuesday night’s school board meeting.

Some 34,000 Leon County Students headed back to school Monday and with a new school year comes changes, mostly related to school safety.

Leon County Schools has debuted its comprehensive school safety program to be implemented this school year. Many of the updates are mandated by the...