The move is happening a week earlier than planned after a judge dismissed a challenge to the ban on Florida school mask mandates from several school districts.
The School District of Palm Beach County is pushing back on the state's insistence that the district adheres to the state's rules on making masks optional for students.
In a critical reversal, Palm Beach County School Board members voted late Wednesday night to not allow students to opt out of wearing facial coverings inside schools and on school district transportation.