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Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans passed four COVID-related bills. What will these laws mean for you? Plus, airlines are preparing for one of the busiest holiday seasons ever. A local artist brings a giant lit-up Florida Panther to Miami. And, jai-alai is now a dying relic.
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A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments in February in a dispute about whether Gov. Ron DeSantis’ efforts to prevent school mask mandates violated laws designed to protect the rights of people with disabilities.
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The Florida Department of Education gears up to fight the federal government over payments to schoolThe Florida Department of Education is trying to quash a federal cease-and-desist order issued in a fight over local school mask mandates. The federal government issued the order after the State Board of Education began withholding additional funding from Broward and Alachua County School Districts.
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Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran received authorization from the state Board of Education to sue the U.S. Department of Education for intervening in the state’s punishment of school districts. Tuesday’s decision by the state board was the latest development in a feud with the federal government that has been brewing since the beginning of the school year.
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A proposal at the Legislature's special session includes a provision that would expand the law to include prohibitions against mask requirements and quarantining of asymptomatic students.
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Florida lawmakers are returning to Tallahassee to take up a slate of bills that would push back against the federal government’s vaccine mandates and limit local government authority to require COVID-19 immunizations.
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Miami-Dade and Broward County Public Schools made masks optional this week. Plus, a new dashboard aims to collect data on gender inequity in South Florida.
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The decisions by the boards in Alachua, Miami-Dade and Broward counties mean that all eight school districts that faced state financial penalties because of mask mandates have reversed course.
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On Monday, masks became optional for students and staff in Palm Beach County Schools. Some parents say they wanted more time before making their decision.
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Broward is the latest of the South Florida school districts to loosen their mask requirements just days after a judge on Friday ruled that Florida’s order banning mask mandates was permissible.
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Parents of all Miami-Dade County Public School students can opt out of the district’s mask mandate, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced Tuesday afternoon. Parents can access the opt-out forms starting Wednesday at any school or on the school district’s website, Carvalho said. Full implementation is expected by Friday since students are off from school Thursday for Veterans Day.
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School boards have moved quickly to appeal an administrative law judge’s decision that upheld a Florida Department of Health rule aimed at preventing student mask requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.