Earlier this year, the Attorney General’s Public Access Counsel (PAC), in an informal opinion, confirmed that enforcing a two-minute public comment rule does not violate the Open Meetings Act (OMA)….
On August 1, 2018, Governor Bruce Rauner signed into effect Public Act 100-0660, commonly referred to as “Ashley’s Law.” The law is named after an 11-year old student from a…
HLERK continues to follow the national litigation surrounding accommodating transgender students in the school setting. Most recently, we have followed a case out of the U.S. District Court for the…
In Hites v. Waubonsee Community College, 2018 IL App (2d) 170617, the Illinois Appellate Court held that a request for multiple forms of electronic data was not unduly burdensome. In…
The Extra Mile has previously reported on Gavin Grimm’s long legal journey seeking to use the boys’ bathroom at his high school. Gavin Grimm is a transgender male student who…
On June 4, 2018, the budget implementation bill (Public Act 100-0587) was signed into law. Among its many implications for school districts is a modification to the 6% salary “cap” for…
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which governs Illinois, has denied a disabled track athlete’s request for a rehearing, following the court’s original denial of the athlete’s Americans with Disabilities…
As we previously reported to you, Township High School District 211 has faced a number of legal actions from different stakeholders regarding the locker room or restroom access it provides…
Federal special education law requires that, if appropriate, a student’s health must be assessed as part of a student’s special education evaluation or re-evaluation. Illinois special education regulations provide that…
On August 9, 2016, the Illinois Attorney General issued a binding opinion to the Chicago Police Department (CPD), finding that the Department had failed to conduct a reasonably adequate search…
