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Executive Order 2021-25 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 91)

Amendments to Section 1 of Executive Order 2021-24 (school exclusion: investigation duty; test-to-stay alternative for masked close contacts)

Governor JB Pritzker · Illinois (State)

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Jurisdiction
Illinois
Level
State
Authority
Illinois Constitution; 20 ILCS 3305/7(1), 7(2), 7(3), 7(8), 7(12) and sec. 19
Issued
2021-09-21 Sept. 21, 2021
Effective
2021-09-21 (effective immediately) (read as 2021-09-21)
End
Carried into the 2021-22 school year (post-period history not traced) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Sept. 21, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Schools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all public and nonpublic pre-K-12 schools
  • students
  • School Personnel
Functions reached
  • WF workforce (children excluded or tested)
  • IN in-person instruction
  • HR school personnel
Collection
Illinois IL

Operative words

All Schools must take the following measures to ensure the safety of Students and School Personnel: Investigate the occurrence of cases and suspect cases in Schools and identify Close Contacts for purposes of determining whether Students or School Personnel must be Excluded pursuant to this Executive Order. Exclude any Student or School Personnel who is a Confirmed Case or Probable Case for a minimum of 10 days following onset date if symptomatic or date of positive test if asymptomatic... Exclude any Student or School Personnel who is a Close Contact for a minimum of 14 days or as otherwise directed by the School's local health authority... As an alternative to Exclusion, Schools may permit Close Contacts who are asymptomatic to be on the School premises, at extracurricular events, or any other events organized by the School if both the Confirmed Case or Probable Case and the Close Contact were masked for the entire exposure period and provided the Close Contact tests negative on days 1, 3, 5 and 7 following the exposure.

Enforcement

20 ILCS 3305/7 and 19

Notes

'This Executive Order makes specific amendments to Executive Order 2021-24... to provide more detail regarding the measures schools must take.'