In August 2025, the definition of what constitutes sexual assault under the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) expanded, and as a result impacted the way Title IX Coordinators must evaluate certain incidents for Title IX applicability. NIBRS removed the category of […]
On November 21, 2025, the Governor signed into law a bill that modifies the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), the Open Meetings Act (“OMA”), and the Local Records Act. Now referred to as Public Act 104-0438 (the “Act”), these changes […]
On November 18, 2025, the Trump Administration announced that it will reassign some of the Department of Education’s key programs, including those involving K-12 education, to the Department of Labor. As described by the Trump Administration, this shift was a […]
Fifty years ago, millions of children with disabilities were excluded from public education. Today, how far have we come—and where do we go next? On November 29, 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the Education of All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) […]
By Jennifer Dunn, Michael Warner, K. Hope Harriman, and Shoshanah Weinreich The constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has taken center stage at the federal appellate courts for the second time this year. On October 28, 2025, the […]
On October 3, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed President Trump’s nominee, Brittany Panuccio to serve as a commissioner at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”). Panuccio’s term expires in 2029. With Panuccio’s confirmation, the EEOC once again has a quorum of […]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will administratively close by the end of September all pending charges based solely on disparate impact—claims of unintentional discrimination based on facially neutral policies that disproportionately affect a protected class. According to an internal […]
Over the last few weeks, the Public Access Counselor of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office (PAC) issued two binding decisions addressing issues arising from the Illinois Open Meetings Act (OMA). In Public Access Opinion 25-009, the PAC concluded that a […]
