Florida judge strikes down order to reopen schools for in-person classes
Source: Axios
A Florida judge on Monday struck down an emergency order from the Florida Department of Education that would have required all schools to reopen for in-person learning this month, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Why it matters: Leon County Judge Charles Dodson ruled that Florida had "essentially ignored the requirement of school safety" in pushing to reopen schools, and that the state's order overrode school boards' constitutional authority to make decisions for their school systems, per the Times.
What he's saying: "The districts have no meaningful alternative," Dodson wrote, according to the Times. "If an individual school district chooses safety, that is, delaying the start of schools until it individually determines it is safe to do so for its county, it risks losing state funding, even though every student is being taught.”
"An injunction in this case will allow local school boards to make safety determinations for the reopening of schools without financial penalty. This is what the local school boards were elected to do.”
Read more: https://www.axios.com/florida-schools-reopen-judge-faccd976-ee22-4836-a6ea-5429ad2dbe4f.html
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