Orange County schools threatened by Florida Department of Education following mask mandate

Florida’s Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran sent a letter to Orange County Public Schools announcing an investigation into the district after the OCPS School Board voted to adopt a mask mandate in county-run schools.

In the letter, Corcoran accuses the school district of violating a rule put in place by the Florida Department of Health that required all mask mandates to include an opt-out clause for parents.…