Lawsuit Over Florida School Mask Mandates Now Before Judge

Lawsuit Over Florida School Mask Mandates Now Before Judge Wsvn 7news Circuit judge john c. cooper's decision, which he expects to issue friday, will, for now, decide the legality of strict mask mandates imposed in 10 of the state's 67 countywide school districts. The attorney for parents suing to overturn florida gov. ron desantis’ executive order banning strong student mask mandates told a judge thursday that it violates the authority of school.

Lawsuit Over Florida School Mask Mandates Now Before Judge News18 Fort lauderdale, fla. (ap) — the attorney for parents suing to overturn florida gov. ron desantis’ executive order banning strong student mask mandates told a judge thursday that it violates the authority of school districts to decide health issues on their campuses — something the governor’s lawyer strongly disputed. The attorney for parents suing to overturn the governor's executive order banning strong student mask mandates says the order violates the authority of school districts to decide health issues. Tallahassee, fla. a florida judge ruled governor ron desantis 's executive order banning mask mandates in schools was unconstitutional, while also rejecting many of the anti mask claims desantis made when issuing the ban back in july. the judge said the ban actually violated a new law that the governor had used as justification for the order. The state has an appeal against the judge's order. since desantis signed the mandatory mask ban order on july 30, 13 school boards representing more than half of florida's 2.8 million students.