Florida’s Ban on School Mask Mandates Reinstated

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis takes part in a roundtable discussion about the uprising in Cuba at the American Museum of the Cuba Diaspora in Miami, Fla., on July 13, 2021. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Gov. Ron DeSantis’s ban on school mask mandates is back in effect after an appeals court ruled in favor of the governor on Friday.

The First District Court of Appeals, a state court, agreed to grant an emergency motion filed by the DeSantis administration late Wednesday.