On August 23, 2019, Governor Pritzker signed a new law requiring parental notification of students being detained and questioned by law enforcement on school grounds, during the school day. While…
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On Friday, August 23rd, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 3586, which amends Article 14 of the Illinois School Code and provides additional requirements for public school districts across the…
Based on informal information received from ISBE, school districts have more flexibility to adopt their e-learning programs for the 2019-2020 school year, as ISBE has indicated it will not enforce the September…
Many school districts are receiving IRS notices of penalties in excess of $750,000 for failure to timely or correctly file the Form 1094/1095 series with the IRS or failure to…
On August 22, 2019, Governor Pritzker signed House Bill 2078 as Public Act 101-0443. The Act amends the School Code by establishing the minimum salary rate a school board must…
On August 19, 2019, Governor Pritzker signed an amendment to the Care of Students with Diabetes Act, allowing schools to maintain a supply of glucagon prescribed in the name of…
Effective January 1, 2020, public single-occupancy restrooms and facilities located in public buildings, including public schools, must be labeled as “all gender.” On July 26, 2019, Public Act 101-0165 amended…
A federal court in Pennsylvania denied a school district’s motion to dismiss a parent’s Section 504 claim last month, holding that the school’s decision to report the parent to Pennsylvania’s…
In July 2019, the Illinois Human Rights Commission, the public body that implements the Illinois Human Rights Act, found a local school district’s locker room policy violated the Illinois Human…
The United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued an opinion letter on August 8, 2019 clarifying that a parent can be eligible for intermittent Family Medical Leave…