For the last several school years, and specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic, schools have faced significant challenges in securing placements for students in residential facilities approved by the Illinois State…
Jennifer Mueller Rosenberg
As we previously reported here, on August 13, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed House Bill 219 (“HB 219”) into law as Public Act 102-0339, which amended the Illinois School Code regarding…
Jennifer Mueller Rosenberg will discuss legal trends related to LGBTQ+ discrimination in schools at the 35th Annual ICSA Seminar on School Law.
On July 28, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed House Bill 40 into law as Public Act 102-0172 and House Bill 2748 into law as Public Act 102-0173. The two bills, both effective immediately, extend transition services for eligible students based on when they turned 22 years old. Previously, transition services for eligible students went through age 21, ending the day before the student’s 22nd birthday, regardless of when that date fell during the school year.
On August 20, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed into law two bills, Senate Bill 818 and House Bill 24, that update the State’s sex education standards for K-12 schools. The two bills, both effective immediately, set forth new requirements for public school districts that teach sex education.
On August 13, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed House Bill 219 (“HB 219”) into law as Public Act 102-0339, amending the Illinois School Code regarding the use of isolated time out,…
On June 23, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in a landmark off-campus student speech case in favor of the student. The Court held that the student’s First Amendment rights were violated when she was removed from the cheerleading team due to inappropriate social media posts regarding the school. This ruling provides clarity to school districts in whether and to what extent off-campus speech may be regulated.
After a lengthy legal battle, Hodges Loizzi is pleased to announce its successful representation of a school board in a student residency dispute. Last week, an Illinois appellate court, in a unanimous 3-0 decision, affirmed a school board’s determination that a student was not a resident of school district in which she attempted to enroll.
The 2021 Leading Lawyers list includes thirteen firm attorneys, while the Emerging Lawyers lists includes four firm attorneys.
ISBE’s final rules regarding school districts providing interpreters at IEP meetings to support parents whose native language is other than English went into effect on January 22, 2021. The rules…