Illinois guidance changes to allow vaccinated students not to mask in school
Masks for vaccinated students are no longer encouraged by new Illinois Department of Public Health guidance, creating a different situation than was faced by a Spanish class on the first day of the school year at Westminster Christian School in Elgin last year.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Updated 7/9/2021 9:19 PM
Illinois public health officials say they will follow federal guidelines put forth Friday that allow vaccinated students to forego face masks in school this fall, but some suburban schools wonder how they'd apply standards that also call for unvaccinated students to wear masks.