Parents of Florida school children will go to court on Monday to debate with the governor Ron DeSantisIn the state’s escalating struggle over school masking issues, the judge banned the order after the judge allowed their lawsuit to move forward.
According to WKMG, Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper refused on Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit aimed at preventing the implementation of DeSantis’s executive order prohibiting school wearing masks, setting the stage for a three-day hearing that began on Monday. The road was leveled.
“I do believe that they have the right to challenge the governor,” Cooper said in his ruling. “I will not decide whether they are right or wrong. We have to look at what the evidence shows.”
The lawsuit was led by the parents and filed on August 6, claiming that the governor’s order restricted the ability of local officials to ensure “safe and reliable public schools.” A ruling may be made as early as this weekend, and it may affect all school children across the state.
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Attorneys and state officials for DeSantis, who were listed as defendants in the lawsuit, argued that the parents did not have any legal qualifications to sue the governor over issues between the state and dozens of school boards in Florida.
DeSantis’ lawyers also insisted that the administrative order prohibiting the wearing of masks was designed to allow parents to freely choose whether their children should wear masks.
The Sixth School District in Florida ignored DeSantis’ ban on Friday and required educators, parents, students and suppliers to wear masks.Sherry Brown, a Sarasota County school board member who voted for wearing a mask, told Weekly newspaper The number of COVID-19 cases is too high to be enforced.
She said that by the end of this month, the number of cases in the school district may exceed the total in 2020.
In recent weeks, Florida has led the United States in new COVID-19 cases, with the highest rate of hospitalizations for children.
DeSantis advocates the right to choose between individuals and parents, while supporters who wear masks believe that they are necessary to protect citizens and limit the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant, which accounts for about 95% of the country’s cases .
Biden Administration Participated in the struggle to support the school district last week They disregarded DeSantis’ ban to enforce the wearing of masks.
After the Florida Board of Education threatened to withhold funds from school districts that refused to revoke the mask request, the U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona He vowed that the Biden administration will “assist any area facing impact.”
Weekly newspaper Contact DeSantis’ office for comments.
