From Politico -
States can’t block federal funds for districts that mandate masks, Education secretary says
Public schools who want to institute mask mandate rules can't be denied federal funds, even if their state governments try to pressure them out of mask mandates, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said.
The Florida state government threatened to withhold funds for schools in Broward and Alachua counties if they imposed mandatory mask rules. But the Biden administration has proposed using federal funds to make up the difference, with Cardona specifying Sunday that the schools "do not have to get the green light for [their] governor to use these funds."
While the Politico article cited only the Florida example, Cardona's statement may have been directed at Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona.
From Jim Small of the AZ Mirror -
Ducey: Schools won’t get COVID aid money if they require masks
A day after a judge ruled that a new state law barring Arizona public and charter schools from requiring mask use can’t be enforced until late September, Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday said school districts considering enacting temporary mask mandates won’t receive some federal COVID-19 relief money unless they call off those plans.
And those who have already enacted mask mandates seemingly won’t be able to claim pandemic aid payments they were expecting.
Ducey's press release about his apparently forbidden act is here.
From Twitter, Congressman Greg Stanton's response -
It's almost as if Ducey plans to ascend to the Republican nomination for president on dead bodies and criminality.
Who does he think he is, Trump?
