The new date is Jan 3, 2022.
The eight Florida school districts that refused to oppose the state's ban on school mask mandates have refused to do so again.
Students wear face masks at school.
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The new mask policies for adults on school property were only put in place in the Miami-Dade, Alachua, Duval and Palm Beach counties.
The funding was restored in November after the Covid rate was reduced and the mandates were dropped, after the state education board sanctioned them for disobeying a ban on mask mandates.
Florida strengthened its school mask mandate ban in November after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law.
The state law was the reason why the school officials were unwilling to impose mask mandates on students, according to the school board chair.
There were 43,168. According to public health data compiled by the New York Times, Florida has the highest average of new Covid-19 cases of any state. According to the Times, cases have gone up more than any other state in the past two weeks. There are long lines for Covid-19 testing in Florida due to the surge in cases. Critics called for the reopening of state-run testing sites as a result of the spike in cases, and criticized him for staying out of the public eye over the holidays.
The president of the United Teachers of Dade said in a statement that it was embarrassing that Governor DeSantis made the district vulnerable to the rapid spread of the disease among children.
What to watch for.
The law banning school mask mandates in Florida will be upheld in court. A group of parents resubmitted a lawsuit against the state policy on Monday after it was rejected by the federal appeals court.
There was aContra.
Private schools are not affected by the Florida law banning school mask mandates. The mask mandate for both students and staff has been put in place by the Archdiocese of Miami.
The key background.
At least ten states have banned or heavily restricted schools from imposing mask mandates, while Education Week reports an additional 16 states and Washington, D.C., require masks in schools. The nationwide spike in Covid-19 cases linked to the highly transmissible omicron variant has prompted widespread concern about transmission in schools and led to some mask mandates being reinstated. President Joe Biden and many state and local leaders have been adamant about keeping schools open for in-person learning during the surge, and new federal guidelines encourage students to stay in school if they test negative for Covid-19. Many schools have been forced to move to remote instruction as classes resume after the holidays, including districts in Atlanta, Detroit and Milwaukee. More than 2,700 schools are closed this week, according to Burbio.
Some changes to the COVID protocols were made by students and teachers.
When classes resume, Palm Beach County schools will have a mask mandate.
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