Governor JB Pritzker is signing a new law to protect teachers who get Covid-19.
The law applies to school staff who are fully vaccinated, giving them paid leave if they are infected. The Governor says teachers have had to balance the demands of remote and in-person learning, as well as the health and safety of their own families during the pandemic.
“Perhaps more than any other profession, educators have borne this burden. So we are extending employee paid leave to cover their children’s needs too ensuring that if an employee’s child gets sick or has to isolate or quarantine they have one less thing to worry about.”
This applies to public school districts, colleges and universities. Vaccinated teachers who previously have had to use sick days because of the virus will get those days back.
