The Illinois State Board of Education passed a resolution to resume full-time in-person learning this fall. | Adobe Stock
The Illinois State Board of Education passed a resolution to resume full-time in-person learning this fall. | Adobe Stock
The Illinois State Board of Education has given the go-ahead for districts to resume full in-person learning beginning next school year now that vaccines have been made readily available to children over 12 years old.
The board passed a resolution on May 19 proclaiming "all schools must resume fully in-person learning for all student attendance days" as reported by the Daily Herald.
"This is a bold statement by the State Board of Education today and I agree 100%," State Sen. Don DeWitte (R-St. Charles) wrote in a May 19 Facebook post. "Full, in-person, 5 days per week education for our Illinois students is a must this fall."
Schools would have to make remote learning an option for students who are either under a quarantine order by health officials and those who cannot receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Almost all public school districts in the state currently offer at least some face-to-face learning with either a partial or full in-person learning schedule.
The state has eyed a June 11 date to enter Phase 5 of the Restore Illinois place, which would allow public gatherings of all sizes and a return to normal operations for businesses.
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