DeSantis ban on school masks back in place

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Jacob Ogles
September 10, 2021

... An appellate court has put Florida’s ban on school mask mandates back in place— at least for now.

“Given the presumption against vacating the automatic stay, the stay should have been left in place pending appellate review,” reads an order from the First District Court of Appeal.

Since the state of Florida has appealed a circuit court ruling against Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order forbidding mask mandates, the appellate said that ruling should have been stayed. That means the Governor’s order should remain in place.

Further, the order makes clear appellate judge’s at least see a legal argument for the state to make on appeal ...

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/456613-ron-desantis-ban-on-school-mask-mandates-back-in-place-for-now/

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1. Federal judge considers Iowa's ban on masks

Stephen Gruber-Miller
Des Moines Register

A second judge is considering whether to block Iowa's law banning school districts from enacting mask mandates.

Lawyers argued in federal court Friday morning before U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pratt, who has yet to decide whether to issue a temporary restraining order that would block enforcement of the law.

A decision could come soon. A state court judge is also considering similar action in another lawsuit challenging the law in Polk County.

In the federal case, the parents of 11 students with disabilities and the Arc of Iowa, a disability rights group, are suing the state, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union. They're arguing the law violates the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act by effectively excluding students with disabilities from public schools and equal access to education since they're at higher risk for COVID-19 ...

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2021/09/10/federal-judge-considers-whether-block-iowa-law-ban-school-mask-mandates-covid-delta-kim-reynolds/5776199001/

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6. Every state is the same, expose the many at the expense of the few who die !

are you kidding, mask mandates should not be an issue ever.

First rule at school protect kids.

Anyone against mask mandates don't care about kids, PERIOD !

[DURHAM D]

2. Someone needs to lob a paintball thingie at him

that is loaded with some disease that he can't be vaccinated for.

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3. KY Governor slams lawmakers for scrapping masks

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday gave a blistering review of the Republican-led legislature’s decision to halt statewide mask mandates to combat Kentucky’s worst COVID-19 surge.

Instead of leading, lawmakers “punted” masking decisions in schools to local superintendents and school boards, the governor said a day after the legislature ended a three-day special session.

The legislature passed bills Thursday that scrapped a statewide mask mandate in public schools and imposed a prolonged ban on any statewide mask mandate. In doing so, GOP lawmakers overrode the governor’s vetoes of the provisions ending blanket masking requirements ...

https://apnews.com/article/health-education-coronavirus-pandemic-kentucky-bills-b7066dc3dc291ac21822bcb6b2b81c40

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4. Most AZ voters oppose new law banning masks at schools

DENNIS WELCH
POSTED SEP 8, 2021 PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -- A new poll released Wednesday shows a strong majority of Arizona voters oppose a new law that bans schools from issuing mask mandates to slow spread of COVID.

Nearly 60 percent of likely voters oppose the law that takes effect at the end of the month, while 37.5 percent support it, according to HighGround, Inc., a Republican leaning consulting firm based in Phoenix.

The Arizona School Boards Association, a group challenging the law in court, paid for poll of 400 likely voters.

The survey also found a sharp partisan split ...

https://www.azfamily.com/news/politics/arizona_politics/arizona-voters-oppose-law-banning-mask-mandates/article_04e5156e-1111-11ec-b505-e36e53cab49f.html

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5. Michigan parents divided on masks

Updated: Sep. 07, 2021, 12:06 p.m.
Published: Sep. 07, 2021, 12:06 p.m.
By Martin Slagter

Michigan parents were largely divided along political party lines in a poll asking them if masks should be required in the classroom ...

The poll showed that 49.5% of Michigan public school parents believe all students and staff should be required to wear masks in the classroom, while 45.3% were opposed to a mask mandate ...

https://www.mlive.com/news/2021/09/poll-shows-michigan-parents-divided-on-mask-mandates-in-schools.html