Florida governor's school mask mandate ban is reinstated
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' school mask mandate ban was reinstated by an appeals court Friday.
This overrules a Tallahassee judge's decision on Wednesday to lift the stay, preventing the state from enforcing the ban. (The appeals court still needs to rule on the legality of the order, but the reinstatement of the stay means that until then, the state can continue sanctioning school districts.)
DeSantis responded on Twitter, "I will continue to fight for parents’ rights."
DeSantis has struggled to rein in the state's largest school systems as they implement mask mandates in defiance of state law. At least 13 districts, including Florida's six largest, have mask requirements in place. The Florida Department of Education has threatened to withhold the salaries of school board members in most of these districts and has begun doing so in at least two cases.
-ABC News' Will McDuffie