At the end of January, Governor Pritzker vetoed House Bill 2778, which was known as the School Employee and Wage Protection Bill. As discussed in a prior News & Knowledge post, the law would have required school districts to provide employees with as many administrative leave days as required to follow all public health guidance [...]
Tonight, the Illinois State Board of Education (“ISBE”) updated its COVID-19 online portal to include several new and revised resources, including content from the Governor’s Office and the Illinois Department of Public Health (“IDPH”). The resources can be found here and include: Revised Public Health Guidance for Schools: Part 5 – Supporting the Full Return [...]
Today, the Illinois Department of Public Health ("IDPH") issued, and the Illinois State Board of Education ("ISBE") shared, a Health Alert regarding the State's intent to align with updated Isolation and Quarantine Guidance the CDC issued earlier this week. IDPH and ISBE anticipate revising their regulations and guidance in accordance with the updated CDC guidance. [...]
We will not be hosting our annual hospitality suite at the IASB/IASA/IASBO Joint Annual Conference this year due to COVID-19. Instead, we invite you to connect with our attorneys in a number of ways at the conference and in the months to follow. For example, Attorneys Brittany Flaherty Theis and Brian Bare will be attending [...]
As indicated in an updated News & Knowledge blog post yesterday, the Illinois State Board of Education (“ISBE”) and the Illinois Department of Public Health (“IDPH”) re-released their joint guidance document, Revised Public Health Guidance for Schools: Part 5 – Supporting the Full Return to In-Person Learning for All Students, August 2021 (“Part 5 Guidance”). [...]
Late Friday, ISBE uploaded a new joint guidance document with its COVID-19 resources. The joint guidance reiterated the current state-wide mandate that requires masks be worn indoors by all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to P-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status, except for under limited circumstances. The joint guidance also discussed quarantine procedures, Test to [...]
In an FAQ dated July 26, 2021, the Illinois Department of Public Health (“IDPH”) and the Illinois State Board of Education (“ISBE”) answered questions related to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (“CDC”) Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention in K-12 Schools, released July 9, 2021. Yesterday, July 27, 2021, just one day after the [...]