The Illinois Department of Public Health (“DPH”) has adopted rules implementing an immunization data registry by establishing procedures for data collection and use of the registry. In July 2011, the…
Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch’s refusal to hire a Muslim job applicant who wore a headscarf to her interview was religious discrimination, even though the company had no actual knowledge…
In Elonis v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a criminal conviction for making threats on Facebook. The Court remanded the case to the trial court after holding that…
Following the 2011 legislative overhaul that was Senate Bill 7, teacher performance evaluations—not tenure or seniority—dictate the order of teacher layoffs. Unsurprisingly, the result of SB7 has been a slew…
In Hadley v. Subscriber Doe a/k/a Fuboy, 2015 IL 118000, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed a decision of the Illinois Appellate Court, Second District, finding that a county board candidate…
Illinois Pension Reform Law Ruled Unconstitutional ISBE Clarifies Special Education Joint Agreement Requirements on IDEA Part B Carryover Funds DOE Issues Model Terms of Service for Online Student Data Privacy…
The Illinois Attorney General recently found that public bodies violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act when they misused two exceptions: the employment related topics and the purchase or lease of…
In Wenk v. O’Reilly, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (which does not govern Illinois) found that the parents of a 17 year old intellectually disabled student could establish a…
As part of an increasing push for schools to negotiate written agreements with “cloud” providers, the DOE recently issued a new guidance document regarding the protection of student data while…
ISBE recently issued an updated guidance document titled Revised—ISBE Guidance Relating to Special Education Cooperative Articles of Agreement (http://www.isbe.net/spec-ed/pdfs/guidance_10-1.pdf). This guidance follows a memo issued by David Andel of ISBE…