Recently revised CDC guidelines, however, say all people in K-12 schools should wear a mask indoors, regardless of vaccination status.
DeSantis' move won't ban masks outright; he made clear that students whose parents want them to wear masks should be free to do so.
"We think that's the most fair way to do it," DeSantis said, adding that he doesn't make his own three small children wear masks — and joking they wouldn't wear them correctly for long anyway if they did.
DeSantis had recently said he might call lawmakers into special session if local school districts enact mask mandates of students.