The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is expected to issue an updated Guidelines on Administration of Medication in August 2016, just in time for the 2016-2017 school year. The…
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On March 2, 2016, the U.S. Department of Education (“DOE”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) seeking to amend the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act implementing regulations. The…
In Bell v. Itawamba County School Board, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, en banc, which does not govern Illinois school districts, recently upheld the discipline of a student for…
On September 9, 2015, the Illinois Appellate Court ruled that Rich Township High School District 227 Board of Education and its individual Board members had sufficient cause to terminate the…
On June 18, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Ohio v. Clark that teachers may testify in court about reports of abuse made to them by…
ISBE recently issued an updated guidance document titled Revised—ISBE Guidance Relating to Special Education Cooperative Articles of Agreement (http://www.isbe.net/spec-ed/pdfs/guidance_10-1.pdf). This guidance follows a memo issued by David Andel of ISBE…