This week Governor Rauner signed a bill amending the Freedom of Information Act to increase the possible penalties for a FOIA violation. This amendment makes it easier for courts to hold…
In recent editions of the Extra Mile, we have reported on the G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board case out of Virginia. Most recently, we reported that the Fourth Circuit…
Under a new law, effective January 1, 2017, the process and procedures for challenging the residency of a student will change. On July 29, 2016, the Governor signed HB 4606…
In a recent case, the appellate court concluded that the plaintiff had standing as a taxpayer to challenge a school board’s vote that called for the reinstatement of a district…
In response to 2,000 complaints of discrimination against students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the last five years, the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education released another…
On July 22, 2016, the Governor signed HB4379, establishing the Local Government Travel Expense Control Act, which requires school districts, community colleges, and non-home rule units of local government to…
Parents filed a lawsuit against the school district, school administrators, and the school board alleging that their son was deprived of due process at “every level” of his suspension. The…
The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a 4-3 decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin et al. upholding the race-conscious admissions program at the university, finding that the…
Lisa Moore, a tenured teacher in Chicago Public Schools who was dismissed for teaching with a lapsed certificate, was ordered reinstated by the Illinois First District Appellate Court in Moore…
In Dobias v. Oak Park & River Forest High School District 200, 2016 IL App (1st) 152205, the Illinois Appellate Court recently held that Danielle Dobias, a teacher and coach…