As we previously reported to you in the January 2018 and February 2018 editions of The Extra Mile, Township High School District 211 has been defending a legal action brought…
In 2011, the Department of Education, under then-President Barack Obama, issued guidelines that addressed how schools should investigate and prosecute claims of sexual assault. In September 2017, the U.S. Department…
Today, by a 5-4 vote, the United States Supreme Court held that the practice of requiring public employees who are not members of a union to nevertheless pay a “fair…
A Woodford County jury, in Zachary Liggett v. El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District #11, et al., recently awarded a bullied student with autism $250,000 in damages. The plaintiff, Zachary…
On March 13, 2018, the Fifth District Appellate Court in Watkins v. Board of Education of Harmony-Emge School District No. 175, 2018 IL App (5th) 170151-U, sustained the dismissal of…
In April, the Peoria County Circuit Court for the Tenth Judicial Circuit dismissed a bullying lawsuit against Peoria Public School District No. 150. In Chappell v. Board of Education of…
On April 6, 2018, the Illinois State Board of Education (“ISBE”) published amendments to regulations in Part 401 – Special Education Facilities under Section 14-7.02 of the School Code. Though…
Approximately two years ago, the Superintendent of Butler School District No. 53 received a complaint that the parents of students at the school had obtained the test questions for the…
In April 2018, the U.S. Surgeon General issued a Public Health Advisory emphasizing the importance of the overdose-reversing drug Naloxone and encouraging individuals and entities to carry or have available…
On March 28, 2018, the Second District Appellate Court upheld the decision of the Regional Board of School Trustees of DeKalb County to deny a detachment/annexation petition. The petition sought…