An Illinois appeals court ruled this week that CPS can continue to enforce its employee vaccine mandate and take action against teachers and staff who refuse to get the jab or submit to weekly COVID-19 testing.
Four of the six educators who sought the TRO agreed to that weekly testing “due to defendant’s disciplinary threats,” Turner wrote in the ruling. The other two refused, and were told they’d be suspended as of last month.
CPS countered that it has “the right and responsibility to provide a safe and healthy work environment” for students and staff, while the six teachers “have not alleged they are harmed in any way by weekly COVID-19 testing,” Turner wrote. “While it may be questionable why only unvaccinated employees are required to take these weekly tests,” Turner wrote, “the tests and the manner defendant makes the tests available to its employees do not appear unreasonable.”
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