Heyworth schools will be among a group of central Illinois school districts to give all teachers sick days back that had to be used due to COVID reasons.

The Illinois legislature passed a law allowing all vaccinated teachers their sick time back but central Illinois school leaders are taking the law into their own hands and electing to give all teachers that sick time back. On the WHOW Morning Show Thursday, Superintendent Dr. Lisa Taylor told Regional Radio they just want to get passed COVID.

According to Dr. Taylor, the record-keeping piece of this is also frustrating for the administration so to save time, they are simply asking teachers to give them the information they need about when they missed and for how long.

Dr. Taylor believes going into the new school year in August, schools will see very few, if any, impacts of COVID.