Mounting evidence has shown masks have had little, if any, impact on COVID-19's spread. In what seems to be a turning tide, Florida has went ahead and defunded schools that forced masking despite ban and is additionally seeking compensation for hurt students.
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis advocated cutting $200 million in education funds from a dozen counties that disobeyed the state's prohibition on mask mandates in schools, saying that parents should be compensated for the damages such requirements do to kids.
The House granted preliminary permission to the penalty as part of a $105.3 billion state budget for the upcoming year, according to the Tallahassee Democrat. The counties of Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Leon, Alachua, and Volusia would be affected.
In particular, Republican state Rep. Randy Fine's proposal reduces funding in the designated jurisdictions that pay the wages of administrators earning more than $100,000 per year. These education funds woul...
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