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A measure that would allow retired teachers to return to work in Chicago Public Schools is under consideration in the Illinois legislature. A similar bill for the rest of the state passed last year.
Nearly 90% of Illinois school districts statewide are struggling with an alarming teacher shortage that has reached a crisis level during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials with an organization of regional superintendents said Tuesday.
Even remote learning is not an option for some students at a growing number of suburban schools, where the spike in COVID-19 cases this week has suspended classroom instruction amid a critical statewide shortfall of school employees.