Please join us on Wednesday, August 6th for a thirty-minute overview of the key legal requirements and non-regulatory guidance which shape student residency and enrollment in Illinois. Franczek attorneys Amy Dickerson and John Anders will walk through key definitions applicable […]
Join Franczek attorney Kaitlin Atlas for an in-depth Student Discipline Bootcamp. Participants in this paid training will receive a copy of Franczek’s Student Discipline Toolkit, which includes model suspension notices, model notices for suspension review and expulsion hearings, model student […]
As we previously reported in our Supreme Court preview alert, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed whether public schools burden parents’ religious exercise when they compel elementary school children to participate in instruction that touches on topics of gender and sexuality […]
Please join us on Wednesday, July 23 for an overview of the 2024-2025 Supreme Court decisions impacting education law. Franczek attorneys William Pokorny, Jennifer Smith, and Brittany Begley will analyze this term’s significant decisions, share their thoughts on emerging trends […]
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals is reconsidering its prior decisions that had established a legal right for transgender students to access bathrooms consistent with their gender identity. The reconsideration is based on the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 18, 2025, […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which governs federal districts in the West/Northwest, recently held that a California school board member violated the First Amendment when blocking users’ ability to access her personal social media page, applying […]
As we previously reported in our Supreme Court preview alert, this term the Supreme Court heard a lawsuit regarding what standard of liability applies when a student with a disability sues a school under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) […]
Join Franczek on June 18th at 12 p.m. as we will be providing a 2025 legislative update, covering K-12 education law-related bills that were passed in the recent legislative session and reviewing some of the key legislative changes in K-12 […]
