There was confusion over masks in schools across Illinois Monday after a downstate judge ruled that state mask mandates do not have to be enforced at certain school districts.
Gov. JB Pritzker said the ruling by a downstate judge ruled that state mask mandates do not have to be enforced at certain school districts. is misguided.
Meanwhile, administrators in districts across the state are trying to interpret Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Raylene Grischow’s decision.It was a scramble over the weekend for administrators, they had to let families what the rules would be for Monday since the mask policy was challenged in court.District U-46, decided to keep the mask requirement in place, for now.
Monday seemed like just another day at Abbott Middle School. Students are in the habit of wearing masks to school.Elgin schools keep mask requirement in place despite judge's ruling Tony Sanders, superintendent of Elgin District U-46, joins Good Day Chicago to explain why they are keeping mask requirements in place for student's despite a judge's decision to effectively prohibit a statewide mask requirement in schools."Those numbers are coming down. I think we will be mask optional in a few weeks. I’m not comfortable enough to make that decision or recommendation to our board," Sanders said.
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