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The latest legal news for Illinois schools
May 09 2022

Employee Vaccinate-or-Test Requirements Upheld

By C. Frazier Satterly, Jason T. Manning News, The Extra Mile Newsletter

In February 2022, a Sangamon County judge, Judge Grischow, issued a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) against scores of school districts in three cases—two of which (Allen and Austin) received the…

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May 09 2022

Professor’s Refusal to Use Preferred Pronouns Leads to Large Settlement

By Jeffrey C. Goelitz, Athena Christofalos, Anthony J. Loizzi Sr. News, Publication

In Meriwether v. Hartop, et al., a professor at a public university was disciplined after he refused, based on his religious beliefs, to use female pronouns for a transgender student…

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May 06 2022

Board Censure Did Not Violate Board Member’s Free Speech Rights

By Vanessa V. Clohessy, Kerry B. Pipal News, The Extra Mile Newsletter

In Houston Community College System v. Wilson, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that an elected official does not have a viable First Amendment claim based on a purely verbal…

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May 06 2022

Second Installment Cook County Property Tax Bill Delayed in 2022

By Antonio J. Senagore, Heather K. Brickman, Steven M. Richart News, The Extra Mile Newsletter

Second installment Cook County property tax bills apparently may be significantly delayed this year—per a Cook County Board of Review commissioner, possibly even six months late.  The delay stems from…

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Apr 16 2022

TRS Issues Employer Bulletin on COVID Paid Administrative Leave Bill

By Barbara A. Erickson News, The Extra Mile Newsletter

On April 12, 2022, the Teachers’ Retirement System released Employer Bulletin FY22-25 specifically addressing Public Act 102-697, which was signed into law on April 5, 2022 (Act). Under the Act,…

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Apr 10 2022

Statement of Economic Interests Filing Due May 1

By Heather K. Brickman, Benjamin D. Shaw News

The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act has long required public officials, including appointed and elected members of school boards (and candidates for that office) and school employees with an administrative or…

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Apr 07 2022

Agenda for Remote Meeting Must Provide Link or Indicate In-Person Attendance is Allowed

By Kerry B. Pipal News

In a recent binding opinion, the Public Access Counselor found that a city council violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA) when it failed to provide the Zoom link to a…

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Apr 07 2022

School Board Did Not Violate OMA by Meeting Remotely After Disruptions at a Prior Meeting

By Kerry B. Pipal News

In a challenge to a school board’s decision to hold a remote meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (PAC) issued a binding opinion…

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Apr 07 2022

School Board Violated OMA by Failing to Offer an Opportunity for Public Comment in Open Session

By James S. Levi, Kerry B. Pipal, Steven M. Richart, Heather K. Brickman News

The Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (PAC) issued a binding opinion that a school board violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA) by failing to offer members of the public…

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Apr 07 2022

Public Body Violated First Amendment by Blocking Citizen and Over-Filtering Comments on Facebook

By C. Frazier Satterly, Jeffrey C. Goelitz, Christopher Hoffmann News

In Tanner v. Ziegenhorn, a federal court in Arkansas found that the Arkansas State Police violated a citizen’s First Amendment rights by blocking him from commenting on its Facebook page…

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