One of Florida’s largest teachers unions filed a lawsuit Monday to stop Gov. Ron DeSantis and state education officials from the “reckless and unsafe” reopening of schools for in-person classes amid surging coronavirus cases. The Florida Education Associated (FEA) filed the lawsuit in state circuit court in Miami against DeSantis, Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, the Florida Department of Education, the Florida State Board of Education and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez. The FEA called the current conditions regarding coronavirus in the state “unsafe” for in-person learning and contended the move is “to protect health and well-being of students, educators and communities.”“Gov. DeSantis needs a reality check, and we are attempting to provide one,” said FEA President Fedrick Ingram in a news release.

Source: Fox News July 20, 2020 18:45 UTC