Today, by a 5-4 vote, the United States Supreme Court held that the practice of requiring public employees who are not members of a union to nevertheless pay a “fair…

A Woodford County jury, in Zachary Liggett v. El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District #11, et al., recently awarded a bullied student with autism $250,000 in damages. The plaintiff, Zachary…

On March 13, 2018, the Fifth District Appellate Court in Watkins v. Board of Education of Harmony-Emge School District No. 175, 2018 IL App (5th) 170151-U, sustained the dismissal of…

In April, the Peoria County Circuit Court for the Tenth Judicial Circuit dismissed a bullying lawsuit against Peoria Public School District No. 150. In Chappell v. Board of Education of…

On April 6, 2018, the Illinois State Board of Education (“ISBE”) published amendments to regulations in Part 401 – Special Education Facilities under Section 14-7.02 of the School Code.  Though…

Approximately two years ago, the Superintendent of Butler School District No. 53 received a complaint that the parents of students at the school had obtained the test questions for the…

In April 2018, the U.S. Surgeon General issued a Public Health Advisory emphasizing the importance of the overdose-reversing drug Naloxone and encouraging individuals and entities to carry or have available…

On March 28, 2018, the Second District Appellate Court upheld the decision of the Regional Board of School Trustees of DeKalb County to deny a detachment/annexation petition. The petition sought…

Several amendments to the Illinois State Board of Education’s regulations implementing the Illinois School Student Records Act (“ISSRA”) went into effect on March 15, 2018 (23 Ill.Adm.Code Part 375, Student…

On March 21, 2018, in Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Concord Cmty. Sch., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that an Indiana school district’s final revision…