Florida Teachers Union Sues to Stop School Reopening Plan (2)

The Florida Education Association filed a lawsuit to stop the state-mandated reopening of public schools next month.

The union is asking a Miami-Dade County judge to strike down Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran’s emergency order requiring all public schools to open for in-person instruction next month. Reopening schools amid a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in the state would violate the state’s constitution, which guarantees “efficient, safe, secure” public schools, the union said in its suit, filed Monday in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit.

The union seeks a court order requiring the state Department of Education and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) ...