The Extra Mile - Education Edition

In the most important fishing case school leaders will ever read, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine, which required courts to defer to federal agencies' interpretations of ambiguous…

On March 15th, 2024, the Supreme Court delivered decisions on two cases at the intersection of public officials’ social media accounts and community members’ First Amendment right to access those…

The Racism-Free Schools Law (P.A. 103-0472) was passed by the Illinois General Assembly in August 2023 and goes into effect August 1, 2024, for the 2024-2025 school year. Policy &…

On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) published its final rule implementing the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional,…

In general, the ADA requires that local governments make their services and programs reasonably accessible to people with disabilities. To that end, the United States Department of Justice has issued…

In B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education, the Fourth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals reversed a federal trial court and upheld the Title IX claim of the Plaintiff;…

In a binding opinion, the Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) found that a city violated the Freedom of Information Act when it withheld a nondisclosure agreement that the city entered into…

In International Association of Fire Fighters Local 4646 v. Village of Oak Brook, a village board’s closed session discussion of budget proposals violated the Open Meetings Act because it exceeded…

Public Act 103-0430, which took effect on January 1, 2024, makes several changes to the School Code provision concerning the length of student transportation contracts. Specifically, the following revisions were made:…

Public Act 103-570 (effective January 1, 2024), amended the Public Construction Bond Act, 30 ILCS 550/1, in two ways that will affect school construction projects. First, the minimum cost of…