Full Text of HR0401 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Since March of 2020, Governor JB Pritzker has | 3 | | issued over 80 executive orders pertaining to the COVID-19 | 4 | | pandemic with very little legislative and local government | 5 | | input; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, There have been several executive orders issued | 7 | | governing schools, including the use of Personal Protective | 8 | | Equipment (PPE) by students and school staff; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Executive Order 2021-11, issued by Governor | 10 | | Pritzker on May 28, 2021, maintains the requirement that | 11 | | students, staff, and visitors use face coverings if they are | 12 | | over the age of two and able to medically tolerate a face | 13 | | covering; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Since EO 2020-11 was issued, Illinois has moved | 15 | | to Phase 5 of Restore Illinois due to the number of new | 16 | | COVID-19 cases dramatically decreasing over the last several | 17 | | weeks and public health metrics showing that it was time for | 18 | | Illinois to begin reopening; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, In addition to lower case rates and fewer | 20 | | hospitalizations, vaccination rates are also on the rise with | 21 | | nearly 54 percent of Illinoisans now fully vaccinated and 70 |
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| 1 | | percent having at least one dose of the vaccination; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, All kids ages 12 and above have been eligible for | 3 | | the COVID-19 vaccine since May; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois State Board of Education and the | 5 | | Illinois Department of Public Health have yet to issue updated | 6 | | guidance for the 2021-2022 school year as it relates to the | 7 | | pandemic and the use of masks even though school districts | 8 | | must start planning for the upcoming school year; therefore, | 9 | | be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 11 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we urge Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois State Board of | 13 | | Education, and the Illinois Department of Public Health to | 14 | | allow for local control by duly elected school board members | 15 | | regarding decisions on COVID-19 mitigation efforts that best | 16 | | fit the community and school districts in which they serve; | 17 | | and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That duly elected school board members have the | 19 | | ability to set parameters and issue guidance on the use of | 20 | | masks in schools and on other COVID-related safety precautions | 21 | | due to lower COVID-19 case numbers throughout the State and | 22 | | the rise in vaccinations; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | delivered to Governor JB Pritzker, State Superintendent Dr. | 3 | | Carmen Ayala, and the Director of the Illinois Department of | 4 | | Public Health, Dr. Ngozi Ezike.
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