School Districts Impose Mask Mandates Despite DeSantis’ Threat to Dock Salaries

Alberto M. Carvalho, Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, speaks at the ConnectED conference in the East Room of the White House, on Nov. 19, 2014. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has doubled down on his campaign against school mask mandates by threatening to dock salaries of school board members who approve them.

The Broward County School Board tripled down on its insistence that masks will be mandatory, voting 8–1 on Tuesday to retain its mandate when school begins Aug. 18 and to challenge DeSantis’ directives in court.