At least two Florida school districts want students to get permission from a health care professional before opting out of wearing masks this fall through new policies that “violate” rules created by the DeSantis administration
TALLAHASSEE — to thwart mandatory face coverings on K-12 campuses.
“If there’s an out and I didn’t take the out, and I didn’t do what was best for the children here in Tallahassee and Leon County, that’s on me,” he added.requiring students to wear masks under an emergency rule issued Friday by the state Department of Health. This policy is spurring many school districts to rethink making masks mandatory for students, yet Leon and Alachua counties have taken the boldest stance on opting-out so far.
“All parents deserve the freedom to choose whether to opt out their own child,” Pushaw wrote in a statement. “This should not be contingent on their ability to procure a doctor’s note. These policies violate the spirit of the .” “The State Board of Education could move to withhold the salary of the district superintendent or school board members, as a narrowly tailored means to address the decision-makers who led to the violation of law,” Pushaw wrote.
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