A judge delivered a blow to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Department of Education, ruling that the state’s demand that all school districts open for in-person learning 5 days a week is unconstitutional
A judge delivered a blow to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Department of Education Monday, ruling that the state’s demand that all school districts open for in-person learning five days a week, at the risk of losing state funding if they did not comply, is unconstitutional.... [+]
of in-person classes in Orange County at Baldwin Park Elementary School on August 21, 2020, in Orlando, Florida.The Florida Education Association, a teachers’ union, along with the NAACP and several individual plaintiffs, filed the suit in state court.on July 6, saying that school districts “must open brick-and-mortar schools at least five days per week for all students,” and have a reopening plan to do so approved by the state or else they would run the risk of having state funding cut off.
Leon County Judge Charles Dodson ruled that language was unconstitutional, saying, “The districts have no meaningful alternative,” since it took away the key role of local school systems—deciding how to run schools in the district.of the ruling. Under the state’s guidelines, all school districts in the state of Florida had to reopen brick and mortar buildings by August 31.“The evidence demonstrated that some teachers are being told they must go back into classrooms under extremely unsafe conditions,” Dodson said in his."There is not room in many classrooms for social distancing. There is not room to put desks 4 feet apart, much less 6 feet apart as is recommended.
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