On June 15, 2022, President Biden issued an Executive Order aimed at protecting LGBTQI+ youth and directing the federal government to use its authority to prevent unlawful discrimination and defend…
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The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided Carson v. Makin, a case involving a state subsidy for private and public secondary schools. Maine is the most rural state in the United…
In Ziccarelli v. Dart, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (which has jurisdiction over federal claims brought in Illinois) held that the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) was violated…
In a recent decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a public school district could not prohibit a high school football coach from engaging…
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over Illinois schools, in C.S. v. Madison Metropolitan School District, held that a school principal’s response to an employee’s alleged conduct…
On April 22, 2022, Governor Pritzker signed House Bill 4316 into law. The law (P.A. 102-0702) becomes effective on July 1, 2023, and imposes several new requirements on schools aimed…
Outside of Boston City Hall, there are three flagpoles: one flies the American flag, the second files the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ flag, and the third flies the City of Boston’s…
As we previously reported, on August 13, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed House Bill 219 into law as Public Act 102-0339, which amended the Illinois School Code regarding the use of…
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…
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…