school mask mandates

Illinois court dismisses appeal over school masks; districts no longer mandated to require them

February 18, 2022 | By Muddy River News

An Illinois appellate court dismissed Governor J.B. Pritzker’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling against his mask mandate in schools, calling the request “moot” after a legislative committee suspended the requirement’s renewal. On Thursday, the Illinois Fourth District Appellate Court rejected the appeal, noting that the state’s department of public health on Feb. 14 had…

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State, opponents urge court ruling on school mandates despite JCAR vote; Pritzker says executive order on masks remains in place

February 17, 2022 | By PETER HANCOCK, Capitol News Illinois

SPRINGFIELD — The question of whether K-12 schools in Illinois can continue to enforce mask mandates and other COVID-19 mitigations remained unclear Wednesday as all three branches of state government tried to grapple with it. Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday that his executive order requiring those measures remains in place, at least in districts not…

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