The Biden administration on Thursday began compensating Florida school board members whose salaries were docked for defying Gov. Ron DeSantis’ state ban on mask mandates, the U.S. Department of Education said in a statement. The department announced in a press release that as part of its Project to Support America’s Families and Educators grant program, it gave almost $148,000 in funding to the School Board of Alachua County—the first board to receive such grants under the scheme. The grant program was announced by the department recently and provides funding for school districts that lose money for issuing “anti-coronavirus practices,” such as mask mandates. Florida had withheld funds from the county last month after it defied DeSantis’ July 30 executive order banning school boards from imposing mask mandates. “The funding will help districts keep these measures in place and maintain district and school stability despite the financial penalty,” Education Secretary Miguel …
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