The Florida Department of Education stripped a local school board of federal aid money over its masking policy, directly defying the Biden administration
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Education this week stripped local school boards of federal aid money over their masking policy, directly defying the Biden administration, which cautioned the state against the sanctions.
“I am appalled that the state would penalize the district by pulling funding we have not even received,” said Carlee Simon, Alachua County Public Schools superintendent, in a statement Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Education claims that pulling the federal grants from school boards would lead to Florida “failing to comply” with federal requirements in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. But Florida education officials classified that message as “harassing and legally hollow,” indicating the state would move full speed ahead with sanctioning school boards with mask mandates.
The cuts came down on Tuesday, Simon said, one day after the U.S. Department of Education attempted to stop the state from pulling the funds, announcing the agency was prepared to “initiate enforcement action to stop these impermissible state actions.”
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