Legal News & Developments

The Seventh Circuit upheld the dismissal of three Illinois school employees’ lawsuits challenging their districts’ COVID-19 “vaccinate or test” policy under Title VII and the Emergency Use Authorization Act (“EUA”).…

The Illinois Supreme Court will decide the extent of a public school district’s transportation obligations under Section 29-4 of the School Code. In E.W. v. Bd. of Educ. of E.…

In Simmons v. Mount Vernon City School District, a parent filed suit against the district, a special education cooperative, and two individual school administrators for multiple alleged civil rights violations.…

The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a circuit court exceeded its authority by dismissing a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) lawsuit for the requester’s failure to pay for the services…

On February 5th, the U.S. Department of Education issued a new 2026 Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer and Religious Expression in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools. The new Guidance marks…

In Balzer v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corp. (Metra), the First District Illinois Appellate Court found that a public body “receives” a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request the…

In Platt v. Mansfield, a federal appellate court held that parents speaking at a school board meeting were not entitled to a preliminary injunction against Loudon County Board of Education…

Since our original report on the April 24th injunctions blocking the Department of Education’s Title VI anti-DEI directives, A federal appeals filing on Wednesday confirms that the Trump administration has…

In a binding opinion, the Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor (PAC) found that a village board of trustees violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA) by interrupting and restricting a…