As HLERK reported in its February 2018 issue, the Illinois State Board of Education named retired partner Nancy Krent to facilitate a first of its kind public inquiry into alleged…
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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which governs Illinois, has denied a disabled track athlete’s request for a rehearing, following the court’s original denial of the athlete’s Americans with Disabilities…
The Family Policy Compliance Office of the U.S. Department of Education recently published a FAQ regarding the scope of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) as it applies…
On April 19, 2018, the U.S. Department of Education issued guidance on the applicability of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) to the reporting requirement in the Illinois…
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law ensuring the privacy of a student’s information, as well as providing protections to parents regarding their children’s education…
In B.L. v. Mahanoy Area School District, 2017 WL 4418290 (M.D. Pa. 2017), a federal trial court in Pennsylvania ruled that a School District did not have a right to…
As reported in our October Edition of the Extra Mile, the comprehensive school funding reform bill passed in August by the Illinois legislature included changes to physical education requirements and…
On October 20, 2017, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (“OSERS”) rescinded 72 guidance documents concerning students with disabilities. The rescissions stem from the…
In S.W. v. Evers, the U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, concluded that Wisconsin’s open enrollment law, which permits school districts to deny enrollment to nonresident students with disabilities…
In A.R. v. School Administrative Unit #23, the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire ruled that the school district will not have to defend allegations that the district discriminated against…