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Florida governor: school districts that defied no-mask mandate to lose $200m
Ron DeSantis is backing a bill that would strip education funding from Democratic counties that retained Covid precautions
Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, is backing a controversial proposal to strip $200m in education funding from Democratic counties that defied his executive order last year banning mask mandates in schools.
DeSantis, who is widely seen as a leading heir to Donald Trump in the Republican party, plans to send the money instead to mostly Republican counties that supported him.
Read the original article at The Guardian