The Department of Education (DOE) recently updated its guidance on ESSER and GEER funding to include more information on a variety of topics, including disposition rules for equipment and supplies,…
Heather K. Brickman
P.A. 102-0895 (effective May 23, 2022) enacted a new Section 17-1.3 of the School Code, which provides that each school district now must publicly disclose the cash reserve balance of…
In a binding opinion, the Public Access Counselor found that the Farm Committee of the Shelby County Board violated Section 2.02(c) of the Open Meetings Act because the committee took…
Second installment Cook County property tax bills apparently may be significantly delayed this year—per a Cook County Board of Review commissioner, possibly even six months late. The delay stems from…
The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act has long required public officials, including appointed and elected members of school boards (and candidates for that office) and school employees with an administrative or…
The Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (PAC) issued a binding opinion that a school board violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA) by failing to offer members of the public…
After being unavailable for the majority of calendar year 2021 due to an April 2021 hacking incident, the Illinois Attorney General’s website containing the required electronic Freedom of Information Act…
Partners Heather Brickman and Steve Richart will present “How Long Do I Need to Keep This *&%* Email? And Other Questions of the Universe” for Illinois educators at the 2022…
The 2021 IASB Joint Annual Conference on November 20-21 will feature presentations by Barbara Erickson, Kaitlin Atlas, Michelle Todd, Jessica Nguyen, Heather Brickman, and Cindi DeCola.
On October 28, 2021, ISBE issued emergency rules revising the public and nonpublic school recognition process. Key issues in the revised process are as follows: The State Superintendent assigns recognition…