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…
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In Houston Community College System v. Wilson, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that an elected official does not have a viable First Amendment claim based on a purely verbal…
Second installment Cook County property tax bills apparently may be significantly delayed this year—per a Cook County Board of Review commissioner, possibly even six months late. The delay stems from…
On April 12, 2022, the Teachers’ Retirement System released Employer Bulletin FY22-25 specifically addressing Public Act 102-697, which was signed into law on April 5, 2022 (Act). Under the Act,…
Public Act 102-0697, which is effective immediately, impacts many school district and charter school employees who either had to previously miss work for certain COVID-related reasons or who may miss…
Update March 2022: ISBE Postpones Collection of Student Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Data On March 4, 2022, ISBE sent a memo to all ISBE Student Information System (SIS) users…
On December 3, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed Faith’s Law, P.A. 102-0676 (HB 1976), into law. Faith’s Law expands the criminal definition of grooming beyond electronic communications to include written communications…
In a 6-3 decision published January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed, or paused, the COVID-19 vaccine mandate imposed by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”). Specifically,…
After being unavailable for the majority of calendar year 2021 due to an April 2021 hacking incident, the Illinois Attorney General’s website containing the required electronic Freedom of Information Act…
In Chicago Public Media v. Cook County Office of the President, an Illinois appellate court ruled in favor of a media company that requested records under FOIA relating to a…