In Porter v. The Illinois State Board of Education, et al., the Plaintiff, Kecia Porter, challenged the special education accommodations provided to her daughter, K.P., an elementary student in Chicago…
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In Green v. American Federation of Teachers and Illinois Federation of Teachers Local 604, Robert Green, an Aurora East School District No. 131 teacher, sued the AFT and the IFT…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a school district’s appeal regarding the constitutionality of a prohibition on the cancer awareness “I ♥ Boobies” bracelets. The Easton Area School…
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In a major ruling affecting all Illinois school districts, on June 5 the Illinois Appellate Court (Fourth District) reversed the decision of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (“IELRB”). The…
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In Hayden ex rel. A.H. v. Greensburg Cmty. Sch. Corp., 13-1757, 2014 WL 685529 (7th Cir. Feb. 24, 2014) the federal appellate court governing Illinois considered a claim brought by…
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As school districts continue to find more students eligible for services and accommodations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 more litigation regarding Section 504 follows. The Seventh…
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As we have noted in the Extra Mile, we continue to follow on your behalf the variety of legal challenges to the recently passed “pension reform” legislation. A Sangamon County…
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The U.S. Department of Education recently established the Privacy Technical Assistance Center (“PTAC”) as a resource for data privacy, confidentiality and security practices related to student-level longitudinal data systems and…
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