Faculty at Illinois colleges lobby for COVID-19 vaccinations before fall

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As Illinois K-12 teachers and staff line up for COVID-19 vaccinations as part of Phase 1B, higher education faculty continue to wait for their shot.

The heads of colleges and universities in the state have asked Governor J.B. Pritzker to move higher education faculty and staff into Phase 1B but to no avail. Under the current plan, most college instructors won’t be eligible to receive inoculations until Phase 1C.

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