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Florida penalizes school district over masks, federal COVID grant
Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, and Florida education commissioner Richard Corcoran TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The state of Florida has docked a school district more than $164,000 for defying a ban on classroom mask mandates and for being awarded a federal coronavirus grant, county school officials said Wednesday.Alachua County Public Schools Superintendent Carlee Simon said the penalty includes monthly salaries of its school board members as well as the full amount of a federal virus grant the county applied for last month.