Florida school districts that defied the state’s ban on mask mandates could lose out on a total of $200 million in state funding as a consequence of their action.
The 12 districts that could miss out on millions include those in Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Duval, Hillsborough, Indian River, Leon, Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach, Sarasota and Volusia counties. The $200 million figure is based on the number of administrators in a county making more than $100,000 a year.
“They didn’t defy the mask ban, they broke the law,” said Republican state Rep. Randy Fine of Brevard County. “They acted in an illegal way and they engaged in the second-largest state-sponsored act of child abuse in the history of Florida.”
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