On Thursday, the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) issued its long-awaited emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccinations or weekly testing and masking for their unvaccinated employees. Here’s what employers need […]
Last week TRS published Employer Bulletin 22-15 on its Supplemental Savings Plan (SSP), a new SSP Employer Participation Agreement, and a form of resolution for adoption by school boards to approve the Participation Agreement. The Participation Agreement binds the school […]
On October 28, the Illinois General Assembly passed legislation that, if signed by Governor Pritzker, will provide mandatory paid administrative leave for school and Illinois public college and university employees for COVID-19-related absences. The legislation which can be found here […]
On Thursday night, October 28, 2021, the Illinois General Assembly passed House Floor Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 1169, which amends the Health Care Right to Conscience Act (HCRCA) to allow employers the right to “take any measure or impose […]
Earlier this week, TRS issued an Employer Bulletin and a post in the Employer/Supplemental Savings Plan portion of its website regarding employer participation in implementation of the Plan. We are reviewing the new information, with particular attention to the revised […]
The Public Access Counselor (PAC)—the division of the Attorney General that reviews appeals regarding the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Open Meetings Act (OMA)—recently issued two binding opinions clarifying requirements under the OMA and FOIA. In the first, Binding Opinion 21-009, the PAC found that a board of […]
Originally posted to our Special Education Law Insights blog. The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) published a Question and Answer document to advise school districts on returning to in-person instruction. The OSERS Q&A provides guidance […]
154 school districts, Governor Pritzker, IDPH and ISBE have been sued in an attempt to abolish school district masking and quarantine requirements. The complaint was filed on October 20, 2021 in Macoupin County Circuit Court. The complaint seeks wide-ranging relief, […]
