The Illinois Appellate Court recently upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Invenergy Nelson, LLC, a power company, against a school board to enforce a property tax abatement issued…
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Effective May 12, 2020, ISBE changed its rules for accounting for Tort Immunity and Judgement Funds and Student Activity Funds, and added a new category of Fiduciary Funds by amending…
In University of Chicago v. Department of Revenue, the Illinois Appellate Court held that the University’s properties that were used by a for-profit daycare provider were not entitled to property…
As we previously reported, on June 17, 2019, three cisgender female student-athletes filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) concerning the Connecticut Interscholastic…
Lawsuits are being filed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the K-12 education arena is not being left out. Last month, we reported on a lawsuit brought against…
On May 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education issued its long-awaited final rule amending the Title IX regulations. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 applies to all…
On April 22, 2020, in a decision in Ali v. Woodbridge Township School District, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (which is not controlling in Illinois) upheld…
In a recent decision by the Illinois Supreme Court, Restore Construction Company, Inc. v. Board of Education of Proviso THSD 209, the Court affirmed an Illinois Appellate Court decision (which…
In KT Winneburg, LLC v. Roth, the Fourth District Illinois Appellate Court refused to enforce an alleged oral settlement agreement concerning the assessed value of land in Calhoun County. Additionally,…
On April 28, 2020, the Illinois Department of Human Rights (“IDHR”) published its model sexual harassment prevention training program. The training program was issued in response to last year’s Illinois…