Courts, Public Education
Judge dismisses mask and exclusion lawsuit against most schools, state dismissed, saying cases are moot(The Center Square) – Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grischow on Friday dismissed most defendants from a large lawsuit parents brought over mask and exclusion mandates. The attorney that brought… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Motions to dismiss challenges to COVID-19 school mandates under advisement(The Center Square) – As schools prepare to start a new year, whether the case challenging broad COVID-19 mandates on schools is dismissed is still up in the air. Earlier… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Some worry a repeat of COVID-mandate ‘chaos’ could start Illinois’ school year(The Center Square) – Some K-12 school districts start back up for the new school year in as little as a month. Some worry there could be a repeat of… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Vaccine mandates remain for K-12 staff, not higher ed staff and students, as Pritzker looks to ‘resume normal operations’(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has modified his COVID-19 executive orders “to ensure governments are resuming normal operations.” The move relaxes the vaccine or testing mandates in some… Read More
Public Education
Illinois parents’ rights group urges parents to opt children out of controversial sex ed(The Center Square) – An Illinois parents’ rights group is advocating for parents to opt their children out of controversial sex ed courses. Awake Illinois founder Shannon Adcock said with… Read More