Legal News & Developments

In Malinksi v. Grayslake Community High School District 127,the Illinois Appellate Court held that a school district was not liable for injuries that resulted from the bullying of a student…

In Lashever v. Zion-Benton Township High School, Laura Lashever, a former school psychologist at Zion-Benton Township High School, sued the district for allegedly violating the Whistleblower Act. 2014 IL App…

In Hansen v. Fincantieri Marine Group, LLC,the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit determined that employers must not summarily deny intermittent leave under the Family and Medical Leave…

We have been following in the Extra Mile, the on-going litigation in Board of Education of Evanston-Skokie Community Consolidated School District v. Risen, in which the federal district court found…

A new Illinois Public Act 98-0705 relating to dyslexia is currently effective. A new section of the Illinois School Code requires ISBE to adopt an international definition of dyslexia into…

As of January 1, 2014, Illinois Public Act 98-129 allows Illinois elementary and secondary schools to request or require that students provide access to their social media passwords. The new…

In Kimble v. The Illinois State Board of Education, the Illinois Court of Appeals, First District, held that a hearing officer’s admission of a student’s hearsay statements during a tenured…

Public Act 098-0795, amending Section 22-30 of the School Code, was signed into law July 30, 2014, effective August 1, 2014. Previously titled, “Self-administration of medication and school nurse administration,”…

This summer, Illinois legislators made several significant changes to the bullying prevention provisions of the School Code. In June, Public Act 98-0669 revamped the requirements for school districts’ bullying policies.…

Hopefully an unusually cool and wet summer has left us all refreshed, ready, and excited to begin the new school year.  With this issue, we welcome you back to what…