On August 20, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed into law two bills, Senate Bill 818 and House Bill 24, that update the State’s sex education standards for K-12 schools. The two bills, both effective immediately, set forth new requirements for public school districts that teach sex education.
8/31/21 UPDATE: Today, ISBE pushed out its weekly message that included, among other things, a promise that emergency rules and updated guidance on the vaccine mandate would be forthcoming, and…
On August 13, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed House Bill 219 (“HB 219”) into law as Public Act 102-0339, amending the Illinois School Code regarding the use of isolated time out,…
The Department of Education has begun to approve state applications for disbursement of the third round of ESSER funds under the American Rescue Plan (ARP). As Illinois school districts start spending…
Last month, we reported on a federal court’s decision upholding a Houston hospital’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. This was consistent with the May 28 EEOC guidance on the subject, as…
On August 6, 2021, the Governor signed House Bill 18 into law as Public Act 102-0252. The law amends Section 24A-5 of the School Code to require that school districts…
On August 10, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed House Bill 12 into law as P.A. 102-0335, which amends the School Code to effectively expand the eligibility for leave under the federal…
On August 6, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed House Bill 816, which clarifies the definition of sick leave under section 24-6 of the School Code. Now enacted as P.A. 102-0275, this…
In one of the first cases on the issue since the COVID-19 pandemic began, on June 12, 2021, a federal judge in Texas dismissed a lawsuit challenging Houston Methodist Hospital’s…
On June 23, 2021, the 49th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a Dear Educator Letter regarding…