Amidst a recently intensified national debate regarding support for transgender students in schools, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (DOE) today issued new guidance setting out guidelines for how they will enforce Title IX of the […]
Category: Higher Education
Boards try their best to avoid it, but you hear about it time and again—aboard goes into closed session and the conversation turns away from the subject matter the board identified in open session as the reason for the closed […]
On August 21, 2015 Governor Rauner signed into law the new Illinois Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act, Public Act 099-0426 (the Act). The new law imposes a number of requirements on higher education institutions related to their policies, procedures, provision […]
As explained more fully in a recent alert, Illinois recently enacted the Firearm Concealed Carry Act (Public Act 098-0063), a law that permits licensed individuals to carry a concealed firearm in certain circumstances. However, public and private community colleges, colleges, […]
DCFS: College and University Staff Must Report Suspected Child Abuse
November 14, 2011
In the wake of the Penn State child abuse allegations, a spokesperson from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has stated that DCFS interprets the State’s Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, 325 ILCS 5/1 et seq., (ANCRA) […]
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Michigan’s Constitutional Amendment Banning Affirmative Action in University Admissions
July 25, 2011
In 2006, voters in Michigan approved an amendment to the state constitution known as “Proposal 2” which prohibited public universities from considering race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in university student admissions and government hiring. Earlier this month in Coalition […]
In Two Cases, Illinois Appellate Court Reaffirms Rule of Deference to Decisions of Academic Institutions
May 15, 2011
In two recent decisions, the Illinois Appellate Court confirmed that Illinois courts are precluded, except in rare circumstances, from second-guessing the decisions of educational institutions regarding students. In both cases, the Appellate Court rejected pleas for mandatory injunctions that would […]
OCR Issues Guidance on Sexual Violence in Primary, Secondary, and Postsecondary Schools
April 15, 2011
On April 4, 2011, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights issued a Dear Colleague Letter addressing sexual violence in schools. According to the Letter, the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination […]