Parents, students, schools await ruling on mask mandate challenge
Added 01-24-22 10:23:01am EST - “Parents, students and schools across the state are waiting for a ruling from a circuit court judge on a petition to block masks from being required on children in some Illinois schools.” - Washingtonexaminer.com
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Parents, students and schools across the state are waiting for a ruling from a circuit court judge on a petition to block masks from being required on children in some Illinois schools.
Illinois is one of 13 states that still require masks on school children. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has had the mandate in place since August.
A case heard in Sangamon County Circuit Court Thursday has more than 700 parents suing 145 school districts, the governor and state education officials over the mandates that include excluding students from in-person learning for possibly being exposed to COVID-19.
Pritzker Thursday criticized the parents’ case, saying they are fighting against “freedom from” COVID-19.
“That’s what we’re looking to do, to give people their freedom from the virus,” Pritzker said. “These people are holding us back and they’re going to close schools as a result if they were to win.”
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