Mon Aug 16, 2021 – 12:47 pm EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (LifeSiteNews) — After a series of Florida school districts violated Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order banning schools from mandating masks for school-children, the governor is pushing back.
A statement released by the Republican governor’s office suggested that the paychecks of defiant admins may be frozen if they force children to mask up for the 2021-2022 school year in spite of DeSantis’ executive order explicitly banning the mandates.
As reported by the Daily Wire, authority rests with the State Board of Education “to withhold the paychecks of any school administrators that choose to buck DeSantis’ order against school mask mandates.”
The report notes that stalling paychecks to administrators and school board members might just be a first step. If districts fail to comply with the directive giving parents the exclusive authority to decide whether their children will wear masks, DeSantis’ office could impose “harsher financial penalties,” including “stripping entire districts of state funding.”
A statement released by the governor’s office to CBS Miami describes DeSantis’ priorities as: “protecting parents’ rights” as well as “ensuring that every student has access to a high-quality education that meets their unique
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