State cannot enforce its mandate against school mask mandates

Florida cannot enforce its mandate against mask mandates unless it successfully appeals a ruling that the policy is unconstitutional.

Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper on Wednesday granted a motion to vacate the automatic stay that the state secured when it appealed his ruling that Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his authority in issuing a June 30 executive order that allowed parents to ignore universal mask policies adopted by school districts and penalized school boards that imposed them.