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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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…