the florida education association has criticize the move, but santa says the freedom of parents to choose is more important. i have young kids weren't my wife and i are not going to do the mass with the kids. we never have, we want, i want to see my kids smiling. i want them having fun. in arkansas or another republican run state. the governor wants to overturn a ban on math mandates. he put in place. it comes from an explosion in cases among the young, between april and july of this year. there's been a 517 percent increase in the number of cases under 18 years of age. there's nearly 690 percent increase in cases in children. 12 and under the stakes for children returning to school a high particularly among the under 12 to on eligible to get vaccinated. young children a less likely to get severely ill, but they're all concerns. they could spread the virus to more vulnerable populations by the ministration is pushing vaccines, harder than ever. now it's facing yet another wave of upon demick might and politics, misinformation, and growing frustration and to galka al jazeera. i've heard of

. >> our educators in the state of florida, they are going to be there for the kids as they have always done. >> reporter: andrew spar is president of the florida education association. for him it's personal. his wife is a public schoolteacher and his youngest daughter is entering seventh grade. >> i'm concerned about my daughter, who is vaccinated and o e not vnand areeariir mask, a wo me sure that is sa. se s w it comes to vaccinations across the country. according to the cdc, the pace of first doses is nearly double what it was 30 days ago. tony? >> could be a lesson learned there. manny, thank you very much. >>> breaking overnight, hours after passing a major infrastructure bill with bipartisan support, the senate took another big step to push through president biden's agenda. it narrowly approved a $3.5 trillion blueprint for family, health and environmental programs. much of that would be paid for with higher taxes on wealthy americans and corporations. cl chris van clean is on capitol hill. what's next? >> now they have to take this framework and turn it into an actual bill. what's inside the bill is going to be crucial to passing the budget act and also the

florida and texas, numerous school boards are defying their state's governors by requiring masks be worn by children in school. jacqueline howard has more. >> reporter: i spoke with the national education associationh has been tracking school openings and the group says that in places where schools are working closely with public health officials and following guidance like wearing masks and distancing, classes are ongoing with no hiccups. but in places where schools are banned from requiring masks or making other mitigation policies, that is where we're seeing an increase in covid-19 cases in schools and some classrooms having to return to virtual learning because of cases. here is how dr. rochelle walensky explains it. >> places that are having the problem, the places that are having disease that is transmitted in the schools, are the places that aren't taking the prevention strategies, the places that aren't masking. the places that are you seeing kids in the hospital are all places that are not taking mitigation strategies to keep our children safe. >> and so far texas and florida are two states where we're seeing mask mandates in schools becoming politicized. in texas governor greg abbott pro