Florida Board of Education

Gov. Ron DeSantis, the State Board of Education, the state Department of Education and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran are named as defendants, along with the school boards in Manatee, Sarasota, Miami-Dade, St. Johns and Jackson counties.

Boca Raton Democrat Sen. Tina Polsky said the part of the bill that deals with employer training is “awful for the business community.”

In making his proposal, state GOP Chairman Joe Gruters says the school board races have grown increasingly political.

The Florida School Board Association says a letter from its national affiliate letter to the U.S. Department of Justice is the cause.

Tensions have run high at school board meetings around the nation in recent months.

Officials will look at the districts’ compliance with initial and revised Department of Health rules. Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran is expected to report findings of “probable cause.”

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.

More Florida school boards vote to require masks as the state follows through with the threat to hold back funding. And, how the state changed reporting COVID-19 deaths.

Attorneys for parents who challenged the executive order filed a motion requesting that the judge issue an order vacating the automatic stay. If the request is granted, that could keep his ruling in effect during the appeal.

Taking the case to the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee puts an automatic stay on the judge's ruling, which effectively means it would be put on hold while an appeal moves forward.

A circuit judge is expected to make his ruling today on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order that sought to ban school districts from requiring students to wear masks.

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