COVID-19 Paid Administrative Leave HB 1167 created a new School Code provision requiring school districts to provide paid administrative leave to employees who were forced to miss work for a “COVID-19 Related Absence.” Under this new law, employees who are considered “Fully Vaccinated against COVID-19” are entitled to receive paid administrative leave for any day [...]
“Reasonable social policy is for the state legislatures and its authorized arms, and for the People to demand through their representatives.” With those words, a federal judge concluded a 101-page decision rejecting a challenge by eight college and graduate students against a new vaccination policy adopted by Indiana University for the upcoming Fall 2021 semester. [...]
Check out our recorded zoom where KB discusses the most recent #CDC, #IDPH and #ISBE guidances. They also brainstorm options for the reopening of school buildings for the 21-22 school year. You can also download the PowerPoint here.
Illinois School Districts have returned from spring break and, for the most part, have returned to expanded in person learning in some capacity or are planning to do so in the near future. While many of our parents are breathing a sigh of relief, our administrators are talking about the benefits of the virtual platform [...]
Starting Thursday, February 25, 2021, the Illinois Department of Public Health expanded the vaccine distribution list (called 1b+) to include Illinoisans ages 16 and older who have one of the following conditions: Obesity Pregnancy Diabetes Sickle Cell Disease Pulmonary Disease Solid Organ Transplant Smoking Cancer Heart Conditions Chronic Kidney Disease READ MORE
Check out our recent newsletter! As of February 4, 2021, every EMS Region of the state has re-entered Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois plan The relaxing of restrictions on activities has brought renewed optimism for the return of more normal high school experiences, such as interscholastic sports, and even graduation ceremonies. Administrators at middle [...]
Check out our recent newsletter! As COVID-19 positivity rates fall and other metrics continue to improve, EMS Regions are beginning to shift into less restrictive enhanced mitigation tiers and even back to the Phase 4 baseline mitigations. In recently issued Executive Order (EO) 2021-03, Governor Pritzker extended EO 2020-43, affirmed that the State remains in [...]
We regularly receive questions about leave decisions in the time of Covid-19. We're hoping our decision tree will help. Click here to download.
CLICK HERE to view/download the COVID-19 K-12 School Exclusion Chart for Illinois.
In case you missed it, on Monday, July 27th, Stephanie Jones, Sara Boucek, Kevin Gordon, and Shane Jones hosted a webinar on leaves of absences during COVID 19. You can watch the video or download the PowerPoint for the KB Return to Work Webinar.