HLERK continues to follow ISBE’s guidance on the transportation of foster care students under the Every Student Succeeds Act (“ESSA”). As we have previously reported in the Extra Mile, the…
In Bowe v. Eau Claire Area School District, the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin ruled that the Plaintiff could proceed with civil rights claims and…
As HLERK previously reported in January 2017, the Every Student Succeeds Act places new requirements on school districts relative to foster care students. Specifically, under the Every Student Succeeds Act, school…
As we previously reported in the January 2017 issue of the Extra Mile, on October 5, 2016, Cook County passed the “Cook County Earned Sick Leave Ordinance,” effective on July…
On April 5, 2017, a Chicago federal judge denied Elgin School District U-46’s motion to dismiss a retaliation claim in a case involving allegations that the school district retaliated against…
In Anthony Porco IV v. Lewis Palmer School District 38, the Tenth Circuit, which is not binding in Illinois, addresses the exhaustion requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act…
We previously reported that the United States Supreme Court vacated the Fourth Circuit’s judgment in the G.G. case and remanded the case back to the Fourth Circuit for a new…
In a case that we have been closely monitoring, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc ruled 8-3 on April 4, 2017, that Title VII of the Civil…
On March 17, 2017, an ISBE Hearing Officer upheld the Moline School District’s dismissal of a tenured teacher due to poor performance. The case involved an Adaptive PE teacher with…
In a 6-2 decision, the United States Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment protects individuals from illegal pretrial detentions even after the arrest has been reviewed by a judge….