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The DeSantis administration has asked an appeals court to block challenges filed by five school boards against a Department of Health rule aimed at preventing student mask mandates. -
The judge ruled parts of the law violated constitutional equal-protection rights and issued a permanent injunction against them.
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In their lawsuit, parents of disabled children contended that the executive order violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and other laws designed to protect the rights of students with disabilities. -
Attorneys for a group of parents challenging the governor's executive order contend “immediate resolution” by the state's high court is needed because the school year is underway.
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The ruling allows the state to once again impose financial penalties on school boards currently defying the mask mandate ban.
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A federal judge said that the law, championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, amounted to an assault on First Amendment rights of free speech and assembly as well as the Constitution's due process protections.
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He said the bill was an assault on First Amendment rights of free speech and assembly.
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The Miami-Dade County School Board, the NAACP and other parties say the department did not have a legal basis for a rule aimed at preventing district mask mandates.
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The state claims the trial judge substituted his "own health policy preferences or risk assessments for those of the governor or, more importantly, the state health officer and surgeon general.”
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It's not a final decision on whether facial coverings can be required in school. Legal challenges are continuing in state and federal proceedings.
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Prosecutors say two executives with SpineFrontier are accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes disguised as consulting fees to surgeons in exchange for the surgeons using the manufacturer's products.
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The challenge to a measure passed in April was filed by Hillsborough County-based Gale Force Roofing and Restoration, LLC.
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One person in Clearwater was shot and killed by a Pinellas County Sheriff's Deputy. Few details were released.
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the suspect, a 33-year-old from Brandon, was suffering from PTSD.
