The final Title IX regulations on sex discrimination from the U.S. Department of Education may be released this spring after all. The Department initially announced the final rule would be…
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To get 2024 started off right, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs and Office of Educational Technology issued a new Dear Colleague Letter regarding the use…
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Hodges Loizzi Partners Jeff Goelitz and Tony Loizzi will discuss recent collective bargaining trends and strategies at the upcoming Illinois Association of School Personnel Administrators (IASPA) annual conference on Thursday, January 25th,…
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Hodges Loizzi Partners Barbara Erickson and Ellen Rothenberg will discuss the FMLA and ADA, presenting "How Can I Help You? No...Really...HOW?" at the upcoming Illinois Association of School Personnel Administrators (IASPA) annual conference on…
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Public Act 103-0473 (eff. Jan. 1, 2024) amends Section 13A-4 of the School Code (105 ILCS 5/13A-4) on administrative transfers. A student in grades 6 through 12 who is subject…
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In Chicago Recycling Coalition v. City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation, an Illinois appellate court found that the search for responsive records conducted by the City of Chicago…
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In Thomas v. Neenah Joint School District, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (which has jurisdiction over Illinois school districts) affirmed a federal district court’s dismissal of a parent’s claim…
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In August of 2021, Advocate Christ Medical Center (“Advocate”) adopted a policy requiring all employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, unless the employee had an approved religious exemption. The plaintiff…
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In 2018, the EEOC filed an age discrimination suit on behalf of employees of Urbana School District No. 116 alleging that employees’ pay increases were restricted on the basis of…
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In a binding opinion, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) found that a school board violated the Open Meetings Act (“OMA”) when the board president interrupted a public…
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