Florida Governor Ron DeSantis threatens to withhold salaries of school district superintendents or board members if they defy his executive order banning compulsory face masks for students

  • DeSantis threatened to withhold the salaries of superintendents and school board members who defy his executive order prohibiting mask mandates  
  • Last Friday, he issued an executive order banning mask mandates in schools and threatening to withhold funding from school districts if they did not comply
  • He has since offered to pay private school tuition for families who fear they’ll be  ‘COVID-shamed’ for not wanting their kids to wear masks in class  
  • Two superintendents of some of Florida’s school districts have released defiant responses to DeSantis’ threats 
  • COVID-19 cases are surging across the Sunshine State with officials recording the highest tally of new infections Friday since the start of the pandemic