The Illinois State Board of Education and Governor J-B Pritzker late Friday afternoon notified school superintendents around the state, that they will extend the deadline for teachers and support staff to get the COVID-19 vaccine or submit to weekly testing, to September 19th.  School personnel previously had to be vaccinated or begin COVID testing on September 5th based on the Governor’s previous executive order.

Many superintendents across the state were caught off guard with the executive order and the extreme short timeline they were given, to implement the Governor’s previous executive order.