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Florida News That Impacts You – October 8th, 2021
Bottom Line: Your daily recap of the some of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you in South Florida.
- The Florida Board of Education unanimously found the eight remaining school districts who have school mask mandates without parental optouts in violation of state law. The districts, which include Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach County, were given 48 hours to comply or face funding reductions by the state equal to the salaries of the board members who’ve imposed the mandates. Additionally...
- With Alachua and Broward School Districts having already incurred funding reductions, the Florida Board of Education unanimously voted to additionally withhold funds equal to the federal grants given directly to the school districts in violation of the 10th Amendment to the Constitution. Related...
- The Alachua, Broward Duval, Leon, Miami-Dade and Orange Counties have filed a new lawsuit challenging the state’s policy. The districts have already lost multiple cases in court.
- Florida’s COVID-19 trend continued to improve Thursday with 3,841 new cases reported, a decline of greater than 1,000 cases over the prior Thursday. Florida’s weekly trend for daily cases has fallen below 4,000 for the first time since July 10th. Related...
- Another 142 fewer Floridians are hospitalized with COVID-19, leaving 4,059 hospitalizations statewide – the lowest since July 15th.