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.
Simon said the county was awarded more than $147,000 through the grant but has not yet used any of the funds.The penalty is the latest development in an ongoing feud between the White House and Republican Gov.