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STATEWIDE — Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran is telling school districts that currently have mask mandates to make what national health leaders consider protection, voluntary when the school year begins come fall.
What You Need To Know
He claims data shows that facemasks do not impact the spread of the virus
But he says that families should make a personal decision on their kids wearing them
However, the CDC says COVID transmissions at schools are low due to facemasks
Corcoran said after a thorough review, the data shows districts' face-covering policies do not impact the spread of the virus.
“Upon reviewing the policies of those districts with mandatory face covering policies, reviewing all districts relevant health data, and factoring in such data points as the percentage of students learning in-person and the relative population of a county (which is often synonymous with a county’s community health resources), the data shows us that districts’ face covering policies do not impact the spread of the virus,” he wrote in his letter Florida’s superintendents.