In P.F. v. Chicago Public Schools #299, Petitioners filed a due process complaint to seek reimbursement for their unilateral decision to change P.F.’s placement to an out-of-state, unapproved private residential…
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In Beam v. Western Wayne School District, 2018 WL 6567722, the Court denied the Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. The Plaintiff’s son C.B. was in tenth grade at the District…
On January 1, 2019, a new law (Public Act 10-0968) will take effect that increases the threshold for waiving the requirements of the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act (“Act”),…
When responding to a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), a school district met its burden when it explained in detail why the request was denied…
On December 21, 2018, the Department of Education and the Department of Justice jointly issued a Dear Colleague Letter concerning the administration of school discipline. With the letter, the Departments…
On December 20, 2018, Governor Bruce Rauner signed into effect the Design-Build for Public Schools Act (P.A. 100-1159). The Act establishes a pilot program for up to five public school…
In H.P. v. Naperville Community Unit School District No. 203, No. 18-2272 (7th Cir. 2018), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that Naperville Community Unit School…
In Razavi v. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018 IL App (1st) 171409, the First District Illinois Appellate Court held that repeated allegations about a claimed sexual assault…
A Manteno Middle School student no longer faces Class-4 felony charges for violating the state’s eavesdropping law after the prosecution dismissed his indictment at a hearing in the Kankakee County…
The Illinois State Board of Education (“ISBE”) recently released a memorandum in response to questions it has received about the definition of an “Instructional Day.” As part of the Evidence-Based…