In E.W. v. Mt. Vernon Community School Corp., the Seventh Circuit upheld a school district’s decision to deny reenrollment to a transfer student with anxiety and depression after years of…
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Jessica T. Nguyen
As a partner in the firm, Jessica Nguyen concentrates her practice in the areas of students and special education.
In Doe v. Mukwonago Area School District et al., a Wisconsin federal trial court is allowing a Plaintiff’s equal protection claim to proceed, challenging a board of education’s policy to…
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An Illinois federal district court in C.G. v. Deerfield Public School District No. 109, recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by a middle school student (“C.G.”) challenging her public school district’s…
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In Davis v. Evergreen Park School District 231, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled that a student with autism was not entitled to enrollment under…
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Under Senate Bill 2427, (awaiting action by Governor Pritzker) schools must adopt and implement a “wireless communication device policy” by the start of the 2027-2028 school year. At a minimum,…
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On June 30, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia v. B.P.J. that Title IX and the Equal Protection clause permit states to restrict participation on girls’ and…
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In City of Huntington Beach v. Gavin Newsom, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (which does not have jurisdiction over Illinois) preliminarily enjoined enforcement of a state law that prohibits…
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On May 30, 2026, the Illinois General Assembly passed HB 3772, which limits the circumstances under which a school district may impose exclusionary discipline upon students in prekindergarten through second…
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In a ruling on a "stay-put" motion successfully defended by attorney Jessica Nguyen, an ISBE impartial hearing officer ruled in favor of the district and denied a parent's emergency stay-put…
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In Simmons v. Mount Vernon City School District, a parent filed suit against the district, a special education cooperative, and two individual school administrators for multiple alleged civil rights violations.…
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