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DeSantis Scores Legal Win In Fight To Ban School Mask Mandates 

Amanda Prestigiacomo
DeSantis Scores Legal Win In Fight To Ban School Mask Mandates 
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday scored a legal win in his fight to ban mask mandates for children in schools across the state, instead allowing parents to decide what’s best for their kids.

After the DeSantis administration filed an emergency motion asking an appeals court to reinstate a stay on his order to ban the mandates, the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee granted the stay Friday.

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