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 December 10, 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act (“ESSA”) was signed by the President. The ESSA is the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of…
As reported in the October Extra Mile, the Youth Sports Concussion Safety Act (Public Act 99-0245) was recently enacted. The law specifies requirements for concussion safety for public school districts,…
In August, Governor Rauner signed into law the Youth Sports Concussion Safety Act (Public Act 99-0245). The Act includes new requirements for concussion safety for public school districts, charter schools,…
All schools—public, charter, and private—are subject to new immunization and exemption requirements effective for the 2015-2016 school year. First, under prior legislation, students entering 6th and 12th grades must receive…
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals recently dismissed a case against two school districts in which a student and her parents alleged that one of the school districts failed to…
Recent amendments to the Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act restrict access by schools to student social media accounts. Initially the Act gave schools the right to request…
In June, the Illinois High School Association (“IHSA”) and the Illinois Attorney General’s office announced a settlement regarding the participation by students with disabilities in interscholastic athletics. The settlement is…
The Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the U.S. Department of Education recently issued a fact sheet entitled Addressing the Risk of Measles in Schools while Protecting the Civil Rights…
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that federal agencies have the authority to issue “interpretive rules” without having to submit those rules to the same public notice and comment procedures…