Taylorville School District officials announced at the start of their monthly board meeting Tuesday night, that the district was dropping its mask mandate.

School board president Tricia Marburger made the announcement, saying dropping the mandate was the result of the vote this afternoon by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, a legislative committee made up equally of Democrats and Republicans in the Illinois General Assembly.  That vote said the Illinois Department of Public Health did not have the authority to issue another school mask mandate.  The vote by JCAR was unanimous.