The Extra Mile has previously reported on Gavin Grimm’s long legal journey seeking to use the boys’ bathroom at his high school. Gavin Grimm is a transgender male student who…
Read More
On May 8, 2018, a settlement was announced between the school district and family in the seminal special education case of Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District. Although the…
On June 4, 2018, the budget implementation bill (Public Act 100-0587) was signed into law. Among its many implications for school districts is a modification to the 6% salary “cap” for…
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…