Hundreds of students at Chicago Public Schools and at scores of districts across the state may be freed from wearing a mask in the classroom, with an Illinois judge ruling Friday that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 mandate was authorized illegally.
Sangamon County Circuit Judge Raylene Grischow on Friday granted a request from downstate attorney Tom DeVore to temporarily halt the governor’s executive orders on masking and quarantining for schools, finding that the measures are beyond the governor’s authority and deprive students of due process.
Students from Barrington High School leave school for the day on Jan. 31, 2022. District 220 is one of 146 Illinois school districts named in a lawsuit targeting Gov J.B. Pritzker's mask mandates at schools. Grischow denied DeVore’s request that the lawsuits be given class certification, which if granted, would have extended the ruling to all students at the nearly 170 school districts named in the two lawsuits — one filed by parents against 146 school districts, and a second filed by school employees against 21 school districts.
CPS issued a statement Saturday saying the ruling would not prevent the district from continuing to require masks. Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez speaks during a news conference about vaccination requirements at City Hall on Dec. 21, 2021, in Chicago.
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