In McQuillan v. Springfield Public School District 186, the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois granted summary judgment in favor of the Springfield Public School District…
A DuPage County trial court recently allowed a suit against a Board of Education brought by two students to contest a Board report issued as part of a uniform grievance…
Effective January 17, 2017, Public Act 99-922 amended Section 17-2A of the School Code, which governs interfund transfers among certain school district funds, to allow for interfund transfers from the…
On January 17, 2017, Senate Bill 550 took effect and added new lead testing requirements for school districts. This new amendment comes in response to several districts throughout Illinois and…
On February 22, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education issued a joint “Dear Colleague Letter” on the rights of transgender students. In doing so,…
Today the Supreme Court issued its decision in Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools, addressing the question of how far the “exhaustion requirement” under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act…
The Illinois Supreme Court recently found in favor of the Springfield Board of Education, affirming decisions by the lower courts that the board did not violate the Open Meetings Act…
In November 2016, USCIS released the new version of Form I9 for verification of employment eligibility. According to USCIS, by Jan. 22, 2017, employers must use only the new version…
On December 15, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an order in a case related to transgender students. This case, Dodds, et. al. v. United…
On December 12, 2016, the U.S. Department of Education released new final regulations under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”). The regulations are aimed at addressing…