A small group of Chicago Public Schools employees is asking a judge to stop the district from enforcing its policy requiring staff members receive the COVID-19 vaccination or undergo weekly testing.
“The Plaintiffs are suffering continuing harm in that each is being subjected to an unlawful vaccination or testing policy without being provided their statutorily protected rights of due process of law,” read the paperwork downstate attorney Tom DeVore submitted Thursday to Sangamon County court.
A Chicago Public Schools employee receives a COVID-19 vaccination at Chicago Vocational Career Academy in 2021. According to the filing, two of DeVore’s six CPS clients were told to submit proof of vaccination or test by Friday or risk being placed on a non-disciplinary administrative leave of absence without pay starting Monday. CPS representatives did not immediately return Tribune request for comment on DeVore’s request for a temporary restraining order.
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