Congressional Candidate Files Suit Against DeSantis Over Banning of School Mask Mandates

Congressional candidate Elvin Dowling filed a lawsuit on Friday against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis regarding DeSantis' recent executive order allowing funding to be withheld from schools that choose to impose mask mandates.

According to a copy of the lawsuit that Dowling shared on his campaign website, the Democrat alleged the executive order violated his rights under the state constitution's due process clause by preventing Florida's school boards "from taking necessary and reasonable precautions such as a mask mandate" amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Dowling's lawsuit, which lists Dowling and his three school-aged children as plaintiffs, also said the executive order "violates their right to learn in a public school that provides a safe, secure and high quality education to them and other students" as outlined in the state constitution.

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Two of Dowling's children are under the age of 12 and thus unable to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to Dowling's campaign. The children's ages and unvaccinated status put them "at great risk" of becoming infected with the virus and infecting their friends and family members, the court documents said.

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