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The Tribune spoke with Nancy Fredman Krent, who teaches education law as an adjunct professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, about what the decision means for schools as the pandemic

The school mask mandate has been called into question in Illinois. Here are some answers.

The vast majority of Edwardsville public school students will be required to mask up tomorrow, in spite of a temporary restraining order against the mandate issued by a judge on Friday.

On Monday, when students show up for class, different districts may be taking different approaches to masking and COVID-19 protocols.

The Unit 5 and District 87 school districts plan to keep mask rules in place following Friday's order. But several smaller districts around McLean County are making masks optional, effective immediately.

A ruling that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 school mask mandate was authorized illegally prompted chaos and confusion Monday at Illinois schools.

Reaction to a judge's temporary restraining order on school mask mandates and how some school districts have interpreted the decision have been loud and severe, ranging from a spontaneous parent "honkening" protest in Edwardsville to Gov. JB Pritzker saying the ruling “cultivates chaos."

The Unit 5 and District 87 school districts plan to keep mask rules in place following Friday's order. But several smaller districts around McLean County are making masks optional, effective immediately.

Hinsdale Central High School is isolating a growing number of students who refuse to wear masks into the school auditorium.

Pritzker had harsh words for the judges decision and quickly urged the states attorney generals office to appeal, suggesting the ruling could spark another surge in the virus and force