ISBE and IDPH released new guidance on the mitigation strategies and requirements for the safe return to in-person instruction, as well as updated FAQs and an updated Exclusion Decision Tree.
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The Illinois Supreme Court clarified that even if a tenured teacher’s dismissal is rejected by a hearing officer, the school board still may pursue the lesser disciplinary action of an unpaid suspension.
After a lengthy legal battle, Hodges Loizzi is pleased to announce its successful representation of a school board in a student residency dispute. Last week, an Illinois appellate court, in a unanimous 3-0 decision, affirmed a school board’s determination that a student was not a resident of school district in which she attempted to enroll.
The 2021 Leading Lawyers list includes thirteen firm attorneys, while the Emerging Lawyers lists includes four firm attorneys.
A recent PAC opinion reinforces the requirements under FOIA Section 3(g) that public bodies should provide specific details about why a FOIA request is unduly burdensome and must actually attempt to confer with a requester in good faith to narrow the FOIA request to more manageable proportions.
In 1400 Wolf Road, LLC v. Pappas, an Illinois appellate court rejected arguments by taxpayers claiming that a school district’s issuance of working cash fund bonds was illegal because the…
On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (“OSHA”) branch of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued new guidance intended to help employers identify COVID-19 exposure risks…
Earlier this month, TRS requested school districts obtain their individual boards’ approval for participation in a new 457(b) plan offered by TRS and execute and return a Participation Agreement. This…
With the looming July 1, 2021, effective date of the amendments to the Student Online Personal Protection Act (“SOPPA”), school districts are ramping up student data privacy compliance measures, from identifying…
ISBE’s final rules regarding school districts providing interpreters at IEP meetings to support parents whose native language is other than English went into effect on January 22, 2021. The rules…