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 […]
Please join us on Wednesday, August 6th for a thirty-minute overview of the key legal requirements and non-regulatory guidance which shape student residency and enrollment in Illinois. Franczek attorneys Amy Dickerson and John Anders will walk through key definitions applicable […]
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 […]
As we previously reported in our Supreme Court preview alert, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed whether public schools burden parents’ religious exercise when they compel elementary school children to participate in instruction that touches on topics of gender and sexuality […]
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 […]
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 […]
In Trump v. Casa, the Supreme Court addressed three emergency applications challenging the use of universal injunctions that bar enforcement of federal action across the country. The case concerned the entry of a temporary injunction prohibiting enforcement of the Trump […]
