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The judge upheld the emergency rule and said decisions to opt out of student mask requirements are at the “sole discretion” of parents or guardians.

The U.S. Department of Education has asked an administrative judge to block the state from slashing federal aid money sent to the Broward and Alachua school districts over their mask mandates.

It's in response to the state saying it will withhold the salaries of school board members in counties that have issued mask mandates.

The change will require that students understand the nation’s founding documents, and involves instilling patriotic values in schoolchildren.

The board adopted an emergency rule in August that said students under a quarantine directive can be deemed in attendance.

The proposed rule, which will be considered Wednesday and would update curriculum for kindergarten through 12th grade, in part involves instilling patriotic values in schoolchildren.

The state keeps coming after school districts over mask mandates. School districts are going after the state in court. Plus, redrawing political districts across the state.

One superintendent asks the Board of Education to take his pay, too, but was refused. Others argued their strict mandates were needed to protect students.

Hillsborough and Sarasota are among three school districts that avoided being punished by recently changing their mask policies.

Two districts revised mask mandates to allow parental opt-outs, but others aren't backing down. Education Commission Richard Corcoran has now suggested pulling funds equal to federal grants awarded to cover the penalties of noncompliant boards.

The parents are challenging an executive order by Gov. Ron DeSantis that seeks to block county school boards from requiring students to wear masks.

Broward County is one of a growing number of school districts that are pushing back against Gov. Ron DeSantis' rules prohibiting mask mandates in schools.