### [2021-08-13](/feed/2021/08/13/index.md)

##### COVID-19 pandemic
# U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona announces that the Biden administration offer financial help to schools who defy mask mandate bans imposed by Florida governor Ron DeSantis and Texas governor Greg Abbott. Furthermore, the Biden administration criticized DeSantis and Abbott for banning schools from imposing masks. 




### Sources:

1. [Politico](https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2021/08/13/biden-administration-offers-financial-help-to-florida-school-leaders-defying-desantis-1390026)
2. [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/health/cardona-biden-abbott-desantis-mask-mandate.html)

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