Schools fighting for local control over mask policy face nonrecognition status – Center Square

During Wednesday’s hearing in the case of more than 700 parents suing more than 140 school districts over forced masking, Chicago Public Schools’ attorney Robert Swain asserted, “Those 146 school boards, elected to run those 146 school districts, all have local authority to adopt policies, they all have them." In Hutsonville school district, which has had masks optional all school year, Board President Chad Weaver said them being targeted for non-recognition status by the Illinois State Board of Education proves otherwise.