Illinois puts school on probation for relaxing mask mandate

By Washington Examiner

Published June 29, 2021 11:00pm ET

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Illinois puts school on probation for relaxing mask mandate — Masked students work on computers at Tibbals Elementary School in Murphy, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. Texas Gov. Greg Abbot's statewide mask order does not mandate face covering for children under the age of 10, allowing some school districts to not require masks for children leaving the choice of mask use up to the parents. | (AP Photo/LM Otero)

A southeastern school district has been put on probation for relaxing its mask guidance.

If the district doesn’t change that, it could lead to the state closing the school.

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