GOP lawmaker aims to strip state funding from school districts that defied Gov. DeSantis on masks

[Zorro]

Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune

'It’s about holding people accountable,' the lawmaker behind the move said

TALLAHASSEE – The Florida House would strip $200 million from a dozen counties where school boards defied Gov. Ron DeSantis by requiring students and staff to wear masks – another punishing strike in a clash that consumed much of last fall.

The move came from state Rep. Randy Fine, R-Palm Bay, the House education budget-writer.

Fine played a central role in promoting claims last fall by parents of a Brevard County student with Down Syndrome who said their child was abused by teachers when a mask was tied to her face.

The claim coursed through conservative media, was seized on by a DeSantis spokeswoman, and the girl’s father repeated the story on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Show. Law enforcement investigators later dismissed the case – concluding it was built around staged photos and false statements.

Read more: https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/2022/02/09/school-districts-which-defied-desantis-masks-may-lose-state-funding/6724322001/

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There really is just no end to Republican fuckery, is there?

[tanyev]

1. How dare they try to keep their students safe! How dare they!

[Samrob]

13. Do parents in these districts have standing to sue back? nt

[certainot]

22. easier than that, protest the 5 universities that support the 20 exLimbaugh radio stations that

got those shits elected, politicize masks, deny global warming and COVID, sell voter suppression bullshit, attack teachers and constantly fight ed funding, and push anti LGBT all the time. now they'll be cheering on dumbfuck truckers

5 of more than 87 universities broadcasting sports on 20 really fucked up radio stations that putin's been using since at least 2008 since they used limbaugh to push palin on mccain. and in 2009 these dumbfuck soon-to-be flooded universities let llimbaugh and sons use their athletes to create 'climategate' and set us back at least 10 years

FLORIDA 20 Florida 10, Florida St. 4 Miami 2, South Florida 2, Central Florida 2

no need to sue. all flloridians have to do to completely destroy desantis and his fascist bigots and dumbass defunders is to get any one of those schools to look for apolitical alts, or maybe a pro team doing the same, and they will all have to stop supporting the GQP

[sakabatou]

16. I was going to say the same thing

[Across-the-Desk]

2. Conservative Values

Use the force of BIG CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT to do harm to those you disagree with...

[RKP5637]

3. Republicans really suck, they are horrible creatures and weird as hell ... and smell!!! n/t

[keithbvadu2]

4. Are they afraid to arrest people?

Are they afraid to arrest people?

Only a few dozen people are deciding to ignore the guv's EO.

If the EO is legitimate law, arrest them.

They are punishing thousands of people for the actions of a few.

[kimbutgar]

5. Boy if they really want to piss off people who will vote against them the next election period

I say please proceed and lose power repukes!

[Traildogbob]

8. Votes are meaningless

And they know they will never again be voted out. If so, they will be a trump.

[LastDemocratInSC]

6. The Politburo giveth and the Politburo taketh away.

[SWBTATTReg]

7. Nothing like hurting the kids in the process too, eh?

[oldsoftie]

9. I may be wrong, but I believe that would be unconstitutional.

And that father should be charged with SOMETHING; fraud maybe?

[Escurumbele]

10. I imagine these repubs thinking about how to punish people, how to do harm, all day

They can't think of how to do good things for people, it is all about screwing us all...horrible people, they are trash, it doesn't matter how much education or money they have, they are just trash...A monkey in silk is still a monkey.

[hadEnuf]

11. Now the GOP wants to screw over school children because they are mad at their parents?

Yup, they are full-fledged Nazis alright.

[bluestarone]

12. If they succeed with this could they lose

Federal funding?

[ancianita]

20. They can't succeed. States fund education, which supersedes a governor's order.

Federal doesn't amount to more than 10-16% of school funds, most of it coming out of the IDEA public law since 1990, back when Repubs actually wrote and passed legislation.

Understand that the US Constitution has no provisions for education. It is not a fundamental right. The founders left "education" up to the states. The South never even had public education until the Reconstruction, when Black lawmakers had it passed into law and into state constitutions.

[Hekate]

14. How is this even legal?

I really hate them.

[SergeStorms]

15. Do as we say, or else!

Typical autocratic behavior. Punish your "enemies" if they don't obey.

It's only a short step from there to jailing or killing your perceived "enemies".

They see this as a winning strategy in what remains of our democracy.

[canuckledragger]

17. The lawmaker is lying, as usual.

It's about punishing those that defy the republican's will.

It always has been.

[cstanleytech]

18. Feds should look at cutting and special aid to Florida's education department.

[mahina]

19. That is insane!

[OldBaldy1701E]

21. So, you want to hold people accountable, eh?

Law enforcement investigators later dismissed the case – concluding it was built around staged photos and false statements.

Accountable, eh? What a joke the Florida rethugs are! What consequences is that guy going to suffer for promoting fake pictures and creating the dangerous environment that exist in public schools these days?