The Extra Mile - Education Edition

As reported by the Chicago Tribune, persistent technology upgrade issues have kept Cook County from distributing millions in property tax revenue to school districts and other taxing bodies. Earlier this…

A federal trial court in California (which does not govern Illinois school districts) recently ruled in Mirabelli v. Olsen that California’s statewide “parental exclusion policies,” which barred teachers from telling…

Early last month, the U.S. Supreme Court first agreed to hear and then promptly remanded to the Appellate Court that Court’s earlier decision in Miller v. McDonald. In Miller, the…

In a binding opinion, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) determined that a village violated the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) when it refused to release a…

In Clark County School District v. Eighth Judicial District Court, the Nevada Supreme Court (in a 4-3 decision) reversed a trial court and ruled that not all emails referencing a…

ISBE recently issued a new Revised Guidance and Frequently Asked Questions governing the use of isolated time out, time out, and physical restraint (“RTO”) replacing and updating ISBE’s 2022 Guidance…

In a case defended by our firm, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (PAC) in a nonbinding opinion found that a school district did not violate FOIA when it…

The Sixth Circuit federal court of appeals recently ruled that public schools cannot punish students for using biological pronouns, finding that such discipline is likely a violation of the First…

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin recently granted the Parents’ motion to dissolve a preliminary injunction that had previously barred the a school district from enforcing…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a Michigan school district’s decision to prohibit students from wearing “Let’s Go Brandon” sweatshirts, ruling that the restriction did not…