Rep. Amy Grant (R-Wheaton) wants Gov. J.B. Pritzker to stand by his word when it comes to allowing increased capacity at high school extracurricular events.
State loosens some pandemic restrictions on outdoor sports
Matthew Wheaton Tribune News Service and David C.L. Bauer Journal-Courier
March 10, 2021
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COVID-19 attendance restrictions have been slightly loosened for kindergarten through high school extracurricular events, and the changes come right at the start of the high school boys soccer and football seasons.
According to the latest sports safety guidance posted on the Illinois Department of Public Health’s website any gatherings of up to 20% capacity are allowed when an event is outdoors. Indoor events such as boys and girls basketball, boys swimming and diving, bowling and volleyball still can only have 50 spectators.
Andrew Chesney
Joining a bipartisan coalition of legislators and educators, I signed on to a letter to Governor JB Pritzker this past week requesting a loosening of COVID-19 restrictions at K-12 extracurricular events to allow for increasing audience capacity to 25%. While I favor much higher capacity thresholds, it was the art of compromise that allowed us to receive this sweeping bipartisan support and to communicate such unity to the governor.
The Illinois High School Association, the Illinois Association of School Boards, the Illinois Association of School Administrators, Illinois Association of Athletic Directors, and Illinois Principal’s Association also signed on to the letter and support allowing 25% fan and audience capacity at extracurricular events. The letter, which contains the signature of both Republican and Democratic legislators from all corners of the state, reads in part:
(WSIL) State Rep. Dave Severin (R-Benton) led a bipartisan coalition of legislators in requesting the loosening of restrictions on fan and audience attendance at extracurricular activities imposed by Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health as part of the administration s COVID-19 response. Let the fans back in, let parents and siblings and students in the door and in the stands, Severin said. 25% is a start. We thought we could get the Governor to agree because this is a very reasonable request. The evidence of that is, along with my Republican colleagues, seven members of the House Democratic Caucus, the IHSA, the Illinois Association of School Boards, Illinois Principals Association, Illinois Association of School Administrators, and Illinois Athletic Directors Association all signed the letter. Now, I m asking people to sign the petition. We need to get the Governor s attention and I m going to keep pushing until we get him to grant our request or g
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