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Gov. J.B. Pritzker s administration has reversed its decision to deny school districts federal funding for SafeGuard Surveillance saliva testing following a lawmaker s bill and a Patch investigation. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
CHICAGO Gov. J.B. Pritzker s administration has reversed its decision to deny school districts federal funding for a particular brand of coronavirus saliva testing that officials say helped keep classrooms open during the coronavirus crisis, Patch has learned.
News of the policy change came Tuesday after state Rep. Michael Zalewski introduced legislation that would require the state to reimburse school districts for the cost of coronavirus surveillance testing that Pritzker administration officials said didn t qualify for federal funding.
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SafeGuard Surveillance owner Ed Campbell wants to know what s driving Gov. J.B. Pritzker s administration to block school districts from being reimbursed through federal COVID-19 relief funding for using his company s coronavirus surveillance testing. (Provided by SafeGuard Surveillance)
CHICAGO This story about coronavirus saliva tests might make you mad enough to spit.
It boils down to this question: Is Gov. J.B. Pritzker s administration trying to rig the market for coronavirus testing in public schools to favor University of Illinois budding COVID-19 testing operation, Shield Illinois?
That s difficult to answer, apparently.
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Pritzker s administration didn t respond to queries related to the very interesting timing, as one school district administrator put it, of a policy change on surveillance testing in schools. The change effectively made districts ineligible for reimbursement through federal coronavirus r