In a binding PAC opinion, the Chicago Police Department (“CPD”) was found to have violated FOIA by failing to confer with a requester to narrow the scope of his request….
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In 1400 Wolf Road, LLC v. Pappas, an Illinois appellate court rejected arguments by taxpayers claiming that a school district’s issuance of working cash fund bonds was illegal because the…
On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (“OSHA”) branch of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued new guidance intended to help employers identify COVID-19 exposure risks…
Earlier this month, TRS requested school districts obtain their individual boards’ approval for participation in a new 457(b) plan offered by TRS and execute and return a Participation Agreement. This…
With the looming July 1, 2021, effective date of the amendments to the Student Online Personal Protection Act (“SOPPA”), school districts are ramping up student data privacy compliance measures, from identifying…
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…
In Kalisz v. Board of Education of Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96, an Illinois appellate court upheld a school board’s dismissal of a tenured teacher for cause, even though the teacher’s…
On February 2, 2021, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (which has jurisdiction over Illinois) reversed a lower court decision and held that the language of a collective bargaining agreement…
On January 20, 2021, President Biden signed the Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government. This Executive Order establishes that the Biden…
In McAllister v. Innovation Ventures, LLC, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (the federal appellate court that governs Illinois) agreed that an employee’s ADA claim could not survive summary judgment…