Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced that the Department would reverse a December 2007 proposed rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that…
The Office of Special Education Programs and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services recently issued another joint “Dear Colleague” letter, urging school districts to work with jails to…
The U.S. DOJ and the DOE recently issued joint guidance to remind SEAs, school districts, and all public schools of their legal obligation to ensure that English Language Learner (ELL)…
As we previously reported, last March the Illinois Supreme Court struck down the Illinois Eavesdropping Act as unconstitutional for being overly broad, finding that it criminalized a wide range of…
The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits employers from discriminating against their employees on the basis of “pregnancy.” Effective January 1, 2015, the Illinois Human Rights Act defines “pregnancy” as “pregnancy, childbirth,…
The Illinois Supreme Court granted the government’s petition for a speedy appeal. The Court said that the government must file its initial arguments by January 12, 2015. The unions, associations,…
The legislature has amended the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by establishing a definition of a “voluminous request” and establishing a detailed procedure for responding to such a request….
In December of 2014, two cases involving interpretations of the Illinois Election Code presented themselves in front of the Illinois Supreme Court and the Illinois Appellate Court. Both courts deemed…
In a major victory for all Illinois school districts, on December 3, 2014, the Illinois Appellate Court, Second District, affirmed a trial court’s decision that reconfiguring school boundaries and grade…