(The Center Square) – Four public schools and nine private schools in Illinois have not complied with Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mask mandate.
The public schools are on probation. The private schools’ recognition has been stripped.
A body of state lawmakers says the Illinois State Board of Education may be overstepping its authority by revoking recognition of schools, public and private, because of masking policies.
“There is a concern that policy outside of rule may exist and [Joint Committee on Administrative Rules] encourages ISBE to place all guidance and policy in rule,” the clerk for JCAR read during Tuesday hearing.
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