The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (ED) recently filed a “statement of interest” asserting that discrimination on the basis of transgender status is prohibited under federal law….
On February 9, amendments went into effect for the Downstate Local Records Commission, which oversees public records retention outside of Cook County. On February 11, similar amendments went into effect…
A Chicago federal district court has ruled that a former assistant principal of Community Consolidated School District No. 15, who had been suspended and her contract nonrenewed, failed to produce…
The requested accommodation of a calculator for a student with a specific learning disability is not “reasonable” nor required under federal law according to the federal district court in Chicago….
The Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the U.S. Department of Education recently issued a fact sheet entitled Addressing the Risk of Measles in Schools while Protecting the Civil Rights…
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that federal agencies have the authority to issue “interpretive rules” without having to submit those rules to the same public notice and comment procedures…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights is expected to continue its compliance audits this year for compliance with the privacy and security rules and the…
On January 28th, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) issued a memorandum to school districts notifying administrators of new required components of a board of education’s bullying policy and…
As a result of the recent confirmed cases of measles in Illinois, schools should be aware ofthe Illinois Department of Public Health measles exclusion procedures. A copy of the applicable…
On February 9th, Governor Rauner issued an executive order eliminating mandatory fair share dues for Illinois agency employees, declaring them unconstitutional. Notably, the order does not affect Illinois school districts,…