An appeals court ruling is expected soon, but Gov. Pritzker's school mask mandate is losing steam among some suburban Chicago districts.
Despite lawmakers soundly rejecting the Illinois Department of Public Health’s bid to extend its COVID-19 rules for schools this week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday his executive order on masks and other virus protocol still stand and should be followed by Illinois school districts.
“And as I’ve said, the ruling by the Sangamon County judge created an enormous amount of confusion, which is why we’ve asked the appellate court to move quickly to respond,” Pritzker said. “The executive order requiring masks is still in place. School districts that aren’t part of the lawsuit should follow the executive order. Everyone should feel comfortable wearing their masks to keep yourselves and your loved ones safe.
“There has been so much confusion, and everyone has just been trying to navigate all of this,” Burkey said. “U-46 has not been relying on the emergency rulemaking for our masking decision making,” officials said. Rather, the district is following local guidance approved by the school board last summer, they said. “These mitigations meet our shared interest of continuing in-person learning with as few disruptions as possible.”
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