As a follow up to our recent on-line training on amendments to the Illinois bullying prevention statute, “Responding to Bullying: New and Old Requirements for Legally Compliant Responses”, we have created a set of forms to assist public and non-public […]
In a recent binding opinion, the PAC found a public body in violation of the Open Meetings Act (OMA) for restricting the content of public comment where a member of the public attempted to discuss the District’s hiring policies. Before […]
Please join us in congratulating Jim Franczek on his selection to Lawdragon’s Top 500 Employment Lawyers and for his inclusion in it’s highly selective “Hall of Fame”. Nationally, 69 attorneys were selected for Lawdragon’s “Hall of Fame”, and only 4 […]
Last month, in the case Carle Foundation v. Dept. of Revenue, the Fourth District Court of Appeals issued its latest decision regarding hospital property tax exemptions. The Court upheld a trial court judgment awarding the Carle Foundation Hospital system charitable […]
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision on race-based admissions standards in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College and University of North Carolina (“SFFA”), the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and Department of Justice’s Equal […]
This school year has begun with a number of changes related to teacher tenure, evaluations, and dismissals. On August 4, 2023, Governor Pritzker signed into law Public Act 103-0500, revising the Illinois School Code provisions regarding teacher tenure, particularly as […]
Today the Illinois Department of Revenue released the 2022 Cook County equalization factor. The 2022 factor (sometimes referred to as the multiplier) is 2.9237. The tentative factor released in June was 2.7230, so the final factor is 7% higher than […]
The Illinois Public Access Counselor (PAC) recently issued two non-binding opinions concerning the applicability of Open Meetings Act (OMA) requirements to board committees. In 2023 PAC 75604, the PAC determined that a Board Committee did not violate the OMA when […]
