In Gavin Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board, transgender student Gavin Grimm sued the Gloucester County School Board to gain access to restroom facilities that aligned with his gender identity,…

Over the last two months, key legislative and regulatory provisions relative to students have been in flux. On November 21, 2019, the Illinois State Board of Education (“ISBE”) issued emergency…

In the Board of Education of the City of Chicago v. Daphne Moore, the First District Appellate Court determined that the Chicago Board of Education acted against the legislative intent…

On January 8, 2020, the Illinois Appellate Court determined that the Board of Education of Ottawa Township High School No. 140 improperly dismissed a tenured teacher. In 2015, the Board…

Marijuana is legal. Now what? What can you do? Employers may still implement and enforce a zero-tolerance policy. No possession or use of cannabis on school grounds, unless under Ashley’s…

On December 20, 2019, Governor Pritzker signed into law Public Act 101-620, which places extensive new legal obligations and prohibitions on public employers in Illinois, including school districts and special education cooperatives….

On November 12, 2019, the Seventh Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a $12,000 jury verdict against an Illinois high school district, concluding that the evidence was sufficient…

On November 19, 2019, a jury determined that a Chicagoland school district was liable for willful and wanton hiring when a kindergarten teacher allegedly sexually abused at least two students….

An Illinois appellate court ruled that a teacher was not entitled to 28.5 days of paid sick leave at the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year after giving birth on…

As you know, key legislative and regulatory provisions relative to students have been in flux. The Illinois State Board of Education (“ISBE”) recently issued emergency rules and then amendments to…