On June 27, 2018, on its last day of its 2017-2018 term, the United States Supreme Court held in the case of Janus v. AFSCME that Fair Share fee provisions…
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On February 16, 2018, Paul Boron was called to the principal’s office at Manteno Middle School for failure to attend previously assigned detentions. On his way to meet with the…
Illinois Appellate Court Rules That Older Disciplinary Records Are Exempt From Disclosure Under FOIA
In Johnson v. Joliet Police Department, 2018 IL App (3d) 170726, the Third District Appellate Court ruled that personnel records that are more than four years old are exempt from…
In a unanimous (6-0) vote, the Regional Board of School Trustees of Lake County denied a petition filed by Mundelein High School District No. 120 to withdraw from the Special…
Today, by a 5-4 vote, the United States Supreme Court held that the practice of requiring public employees who are not members of a union to nevertheless pay a “fair…
We have been monitoring the implementation of ISBE’s guidance on the transportation of students in foster care under the Every Student Succeeds Act (“ESSA”). As we previously reported in the Extra Mile, ESSA…
On April 26, 2018, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held in Kleber v. CareFusion Corporation, 888 F.3d 868 (7th Cir. 2018) that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act’s (“ADEA”)…
On May 23, 2018, a federal court in New York ruled that the President violated the First Amendment of the Constitution when he blocked users on Twitter. The case arrived…
As HLERK has previously reported, the Illinois State Board of Education engaged in a public inquiry process concerning systemic complaints regarding special education services at Chicago Public Schools. On April…
The Accelerated Placement Act (P.A. 100-421) goes into effect on July 1, 2018. By that date, school districts must have a policy that allows for and governs the accelerated placement…