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Gov. Pritzker Signs Law Empowering Local School Councils.

Prolific anti-COVID mitigation attorney Tom DeVore on Monday filed suit over Gov. JB Pritzker’s mandate requiring all students, faculty and staff at Illinois schools wear masks in the face of COVID’s more contagious Delta variant spreading across the state.

Start of School 2021-2022 Parking Lottery Applications due In order to comply with Illinois School Code, Section 27-8, it is mandatory that all  freshman students, students new to high school and transfer students, who were not previously examined for ninth grade, have a PHYSICAL EXAMINATION along with verification of the minimum immunizations on file before starting school.  Please read Class of 2025 Physical and Immunizations Requirement Letter. By May 15th of their freshman year, students in grade 9 are required to have a dental exam on file.  School Dental examinations must have be...

Illinois public schools to teach Asian American history   Sun, Jul 11 2021 12:44:13 PM Washington, Jul 11 (IANS): Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed the Teaching Equitable Asian American History Act (TEAACH) into law, making the state the first in the US to require a unit of Asian American history be taught in public schools. Taking to Twitter on Saturday, the Governor said: "Today, we are reaffirming our commitment to creating more inclusive classrooms by making Illinois the first state in the nation to require Asian American history be taught in public schools." With the recent rise...

When Jinhee Kim's daughter looked in her history book, she didn't see anyone who looked like herself -- and she had questions for her mother about why that was so.