Illinois schools have adopted "remote learning days" because of COVID-19 closures. | Wikimedia Commons
Illinois schools have adopted "remote learning days" because of COVID-19 closures. | Wikimedia Commons
llinois schools have implemented “remote learning days” to provide students with a learning curriculum and also provide access to teachers through April 30 due to coronavirus closures.
State Superintendent of Education Carmen Ayala said remote learning days indicated they were to begin “March 31 and continue until in-person instruction can resume,” according to a March 27 press release.
Remote learning days allows schools to implement either an e-learning (electronic-learning) plan or remote learning day plan, the press release stated.
The Illinois State Board of Education said in its “Remote Learning Recommendations During COVID-19 Emergency” report that “remote learning is learning that happens outside of the traditional classroom because the student and teacher are separated by distance and/or time.”
“Remote learning can be real-time or flexibility timed, and it may or may not involve technology,” the Illinois State Board of Education said.
Remote learning days count as student attendance days and don’t need to be made up, the press release stated. School districts are being encouraged to adopt “pass or incomplete” grading models.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued Executive Order 15 on March 27 that suspended the administration of state assessments in spring 2020.
Pritzker also declared Illinois counties as disaster areas and issued Executive Order 18 on April 1 that continued and extended prior stay-at-home orders -- including those on school closures of public and private schools pre-kindergarten through 12th grade -- to April 30.
Alerts Sign-up