On January 10, 2022, teachers will be able to begin submitting applications to the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) to participate in TRS’s new Supplemental Savings Plan (SSP) which is a tax-deferred compensation program under Section 457(b) of the United […]
Category: K-12 Education
Biden Administration to Propose New Title IX Rules by April 2022
December 14, 2021
Originally posted to our Title IX Insights Blog. As a presidential candidate, now-President Biden promised that he would put a “quick end” to the Trump administration’s 2020 Title IX rules. Aiming to keep that promise, the Department of Education announced its intention to release proposed amendments to Title IX’s […]
Illinois Passes New Legislation to Support Students Who Are Parents, Expectant Parents, or Victims of Domestic or Sexual Violence
November 9, 2021
This article was originally posted to our Title IX Insights Blog. Governor Pritzker recently signed into law Public Act 102-0466 (House Bill 3223), which makes changes and additions to the School Code to support students who are parents, expectant parents, or victims of domestic or sexual violence. The new law goes into […]
OSERS Guidance Encourages Collaboration and Creativity for IEP Teams
November 9, 2021
This article was originally posted to our Special Education Insights Blog. In this second blog post in our series on the OSERS Question and Answer document on IDEA requirements related to returning to in-person instruction, we are focusing on two questions relevant […]
TRS Supplemental Savings Plan November Update
November 5, 2021
Last week TRS published Employer Bulletin 22-15 on its Supplemental Savings Plan (SSP), a new SSP Employer Participation Agreement, and a form of resolution for adoption by school boards to approve the Participation Agreement. The Participation Agreement binds the school […]
Illinois TRS Supplemental Savings Plan Update
October 27, 2021
Earlier this week, TRS issued an Employer Bulletin and a post in the Employer/Supplemental Savings Plan portion of its website regarding employer participation in implementation of the Plan. We are reviewing the new information, with particular attention to the revised […]
PAC Issues Two New Binding Opinions, Clarifying Requirements Under the OMA and FOIA
October 25, 2021
The Public Access Counselor (PAC)—the division of the Attorney General that reviews appeals regarding the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Open Meetings Act (OMA)—recently issued two binding opinions clarifying requirements under the OMA and FOIA. In the first, Binding Opinion 21-009, the PAC found that a board of […]
New OSERS Guidance on Reopening, Compensatory Services
October 22, 2021
Originally posted to our Special Education Law Insights blog. The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) published a Question and Answer document to advise school districts on returning to in-person instruction. The OSERS Q&A provides guidance […]