Florida begins to pull school board salaries of districts with mask mandates

The State Board of Education on Friday followed up on its threat to financially penalize local school officials who impose student mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic, detailing how it is targeting salaries of school board members in Alachua and Broward counties.

State board Chairman Tom Grady and Vice Chairman Ben Gibson signed orders that gave the two districts 48 hours to reverse course on requiring parents to submit doctors’ notes to opt out of mask mandates.…