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Florida’s MAGA Attorney Threatens to Defund Catholic Schools Over Vaccine Mandate (www.thelettersfromleo.com)

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The threat arrives in plain language. “Failure to comply could jeopardize eligibility for state educational scholarship programs,” Uthmeier wrote, aiming at the funding stream that carried roughly 88 percent of Florida’s more than 94,000 Catholic school students last year. He gave the bishops until August 7 to respond — ten days before most Florida schools open for the new year.

Within hours, the attorney general announced the letter on X. “Ironically, they won’t offer religious exemptions as prescribed by state law,” he wrote. “This is troubling and may disqualify them from state scholarships and vouchers.”

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[-] Triumph@fedia.io 60 points 1 day ago

The state shouldn't be funding Catholic schools in the first place.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

The end goal is to stop funding education entirely, I believe

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