With the new school year upon us and the 2020 Title IX Regulations back in effect, Franczek P.C. is offering updated trainings and toolkits to help your administrators have everything your institution needs for compliance support for the 2025-2026 school year. […]
Category: Publications
IDHR Releases Racism-Free Schools Training
August 13, 2025
On August 1, 2024, the Racism-Free Schools Law went into effect. As we previously reported, the Racism-Free Schools Law established several requirements for Illinois school districts, charter schools, and nonpublic, nonsectarian schools regarding policies prohibiting discrimination and retaliation based on […]
Appellate Court Finds Employer Intent Matters in Dues-Related Unfair Labor Practice Charges
August 4, 2025
Under the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, an employer’s failure to deduct and remit union dues based on a valid authorization by the employee or a collective bargaining agreement may be an unfair labor practice. According to the Act, “Relief […]
Franczek Deepens Offerings Throughout Illinois with Addition of David Braun and Brandon Wright
August 1, 2025
Franczek P.C. expands its presence in central and southern Illinois with the addition of David Braun and Brandon Wright as partners. These additions solidify the firm’s place as the premier school law firm in Illinois. “What happens at a school […]
Webinar Discipline Training and Toolkit
July 14, 2025
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 […]
Webinar 2025 Education Law SCOTUS Update
July 10, 2025
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 […]
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to Reconsider Transgender Student Access to School Facilities
July 9, 2025
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, […]
On June 30, 2025, Governor Pritzker signed into law Public Act 104-0020 which amends Article 24A of the Illinois School Code and upends a major component of the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (“PERA”) that governs teacher and principal evaluations. Effective […]