Originally posted to our Special Education Insights Blog. ISBE has proposed amendments to the current rules regarding special education. These amendments generally track recent changes in the School Code, including PA 101-0643: Changes related to RTI and MTSS, providing written materials 3 […]
Category: K-12 Education
Earlier this week, the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System sent out forms and instructions for its new Supplemental Savings Plan. Essentially, the Plan is a program for the deferral of income taxes on a portion of the compensation of teachers and […]
Last Gasps and Opening Salvos: The End and Beginning of a New Era in Title IX, Part 1
January 25, 2021
Originally posted to our Title IX Insights Blog. At the beginning of last week, Donald Trump was President of the United States and we were being flooded with last minute Title IX and civil rights guidance from the outgoing Department […]
Sexual Harassment Amounts to Immoral Conduct Warranting Dismissal of Tenured Teacher
January 21, 2021
In a recent Illinois case, the Second District Appellate Court affirmed a school board’s termination of a tenured teacher who sexually harassed students on the girls’ track team he coached. The students alleged that the teacher made sexual and other […]
Physical Restraint and Time Out Update
January 21, 2021
Originally posted to our Special Education Law Insights Blog. Prior to winter break, we wrote about proposed legislation that would further limit the use of physical restraint and time out in Illinois schools. While many expected the bill to pass during the lame duck […]
State Legislature Passes Black Caucus Education Bill
January 20, 2021
After months of hearings on educational policies aimed at addressing racial inequities in education and a short lame duck session, the Black Caucus’s education bill has passed both houses and now awaits the Governor’s signature. The bill has implications for […]
Teacher Dismissal Upheld for Conduct Not Directly Related to Previous Notice to Remedy
January 19, 2021
For school personnel administrators, it is a frustrating but typical experience to have a teachers’ union representative object to warnings and directives on the grounds that the warning is too broad, or not directly on point to the misconduct at […]
Supreme Court (Finally) Will Address School Discipline for Off-Campus, Online Student Speech
January 14, 2021
Originally posted to our Title IX Insights Blog. In 2017, a high school cheerleader learned she had not made the varsity team and turned to Snapchat. She posted a picture of herself and a friend, middle fingers up, with the […]