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The latest legal news for Illinois schools
Apr 08 2014

Therapeutic Day School Not Least Restrictive Environment

By HLERK News News

In Porter v. The Illinois State Board of Education, et al., the Plaintiff, Kecia Porter, challenged the special education accommodations provided to her daughter, K.P., an elementary student in Chicago…

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Apr 08 2014

Title VII Applies to Labor Organizations

By HLERK News News

In Green v. American Federation of Teachers and Illinois Federation of Teachers Local 604, Robert Green, an Aurora East School District No. 131 teacher, sued the AFT and the IFT…

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Apr 08 2014

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Boobies Case

By HLERK News News

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a school district’s appeal regarding the constitutionality of a prohibition on the cancer awareness “I ♥ Boobies” bracelets. The Easton Area School…

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Apr 02 2014

Illinois Appellate Court Upholds School Board Decision Regarding Subcontracting of Transportation Services Reversing IELRB

By HLERK News News

In a major ruling affecting all Illinois school districts, on June 5 the Illinois Appellate Court (Fourth District) reversed the decision of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (“IELRB”). The…

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Apr 01 2014

The Extra Mile (April 2014)

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Mar 21 2014

Policy Requiring Members of Boys’ Basketball Team to Have Short Hair Constitutes Sex Discrimination

By HLERK News News

In Hayden ex rel. A.H. v. Greensburg Cmty. Sch. Corp., 13-1757, 2014 WL 685529 (7th Cir. Feb. 24, 2014) the federal appellate court governing Illinois considered a claim brought by…

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Mar 21 2014

Minor Deviations from a Section 504 Plan Do Not Violate Section 504

By HLERK News News

As school districts continue to find more students eligible for services and accommodations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 more litigation regarding Section 504 follows. The Seventh…

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Mar 21 2014

Pension Reform Challenges Consolidated; Case to Move Forward in Sangamon County

By HLERK News News

As we have noted in the Extra Mile, we continue to follow on your behalf the variety of legal challenges to the recently passed “pension reform” legislation. A Sangamon County…

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Mar 21 2014

U.S. Department of Education Publishes Guidelines Governing Student Records and School Use of On-line Educational Services

By HLERK News News

The U.S. Department of Education recently established the Privacy Technical Assistance Center (“PTAC”) as a resource for data privacy, confidentiality and security practices related to student-level longitudinal data systems and…

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