Each October, our firm presents a seminar, The Year in Review: Highlights and Lowlights of Illinois School Law, around the state, providing school leaders all the most important updates on…
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Friday, April 24th saw a flurry of decisions from federal trial courts (specifically, Maryland, New Hampshire and the District of Columbia) enjoining all or part of the recent Department of…
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As we informed you on April 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education sent letters to State Education Agencies (SEAs), including ISBE, requiring the SEAs to certify that their schools…
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*Updated April 9, 2025 On April 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education sent letters to State Education Agencies (SEAs), including ISBE, requiring the SEAs to certify that their schools…
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As regular readers of our Extra Mile newsletter know, we at Hodges Loizzi have been carefully monitoring the status of the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed Title IX regulations on sex discrimination.…
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The issue arose when the student attended a high school football game near San Diego, where he and about one hundred other fans wore Warrior eye black. Eye black, available in…
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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Schools, in N.J. by Jacob v. Sonnabend, ruled in favor of a Wisconsin high school student…
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The Illinois Supreme Court, in a 5-2 split opinion in People v. Leib, held that a registered sex offender was knowingly present on “real property comprising any school,” in violation of…
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Associate Mary A. Karagiannis will discuss investigating employee misconduct at the upcoming IASPA HR Essentials Workshop on November 4, 2021.
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Note to Readers: This area of the law is constantly changing. New Executive Orders and updated IDPH/ISBE guidance have been issued, and there are ongoing court challenges. Please contact your…
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