Legal News & Developments

The U.S. Department of Education (“DOE”) has found that four Kansas school districts violated federal law by maintaining policies that allegedly restricted parents’ access to information about their children and…

In Estate of Matthew Heiden v. Village of Westmont, the Illinois appellate court allowed a lawsuit brought by the Estate of an employee who had died while performing his job…

The decision of a high school student to convert from Islam to Christianity resulted in litigation by the parents against both the teacher and the district, alleging violation of their…

In B.B. v. Capistrano Unified School District, a first-grade student drew a picture saying “Black Lives Mater any life” and gave it to a Black classmate, prompting the principal to…

The Seventh Circuit upheld the dismissal of three Illinois school employees’ lawsuits challenging their districts’ COVID-19 “vaccinate or test” policy under Title VII and the Emergency Use Authorization Act (“EUA”).…

The Illinois Supreme Court will decide the extent of a public school district’s transportation obligations under Section 29-4 of the School Code. In E.W. v. Bd. of Educ. of E.…

In Simmons v. Mount Vernon City School District, a parent filed suit against the district, a special education cooperative, and two individual school administrators for multiple alleged civil rights violations.…

The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a circuit court exceeded its authority by dismissing a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) lawsuit for the requester’s failure to pay for the services…

On February 5th, the U.S. Department of Education issued a new 2026 Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer and Religious Expression in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools. The new Guidance marks…

In Balzer v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corp. (Metra), the First District Illinois Appellate Court found that a public body “receives” a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request the…