In June, ISBE issued a new document, Residential Placements: Guidance and Frequently Asked Questions. The Guidance, done in Q&A format, addresses a myriad of issues relating to residential placements, with…
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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…
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The 2024 Title IX regulations went into effect on August 1, 2024. But since they were released in April, lawsuits were filed across the country to halt the U.S. Department of Education's…
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On April 19, the U.S. Department of Education issued its final rule amending the Title IX regulations (34 C.F.R. Part 106). The regulations govern how school districts respond to and address allegations…
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In a recent binding opinion, the Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) found that the Chicago Housing Authority (“CHA”) violated the Freedom of Information Act when it partially denied a request for…
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The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a recent addition to Article 34 of the School Code, which placed a moratorium on school closings, consolidations, and phase-outs, until the (newly-elected) Chicago…
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In Plaintiff 1 v. Board of Education of Lake Forest High School District 115, 2024 IL App (2d) 230173, the Illinois appellate court found that a school district was immune…
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As you prepare for implementing the 2024 Title IX regulations in your district/school by August 1, 2024, training will be a key part of that preparation. Below is a summary of the…
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In Eberhardt v. Village of Tinley Park, the Illinois Appellate Court reviewed a municipality’s ordinance requiring that public comment at special board meetings be germane to items on the agenda.…
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In Shehadeh v. City of Taylorville, a “vexatious litigant” submitted a Freedom of Information Act request seeking all communications between one city’s police chief and another police chief during a two month…
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