Originally posted on our Title IX Insights Blog. When it issued its final Title IX regulations in May 2020, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights said in the preamble to the rules that it would not enforce […]
Dana Fattore Crumley and Shelli Anderson joined the Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA) weekly podcast on October 19. They discussed issues such as dismissal of tenured and non-tenured staff, legal questions about principal evaluations, and progressive discipline. Listen here
As the understanding of COVID-19 grows, the guidance from public health authorities continues to develop. After issuing various updates to its guidance for schools over the past weeks, IDPH has now revised its FAQ for Schools with substantial additions and […]
Along with every one of our school district clients who are members of the Illinois High School Association, we are trying to sort out the conflict between the Governor’s action on Tuesday of this week to postpone high school basketball […]
COVID-19 saliva tests have been used as one tool to slow the spread of coronavirus—notably on college campuses. Soon, several saliva tests will be available to K-12 schools. The availability of such tests prompts several novel legal questions from whether […]
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has again updated its COVID-19 Interim Exclusion Guidance as well as its general Interim Guidance for Pre-K-12 Schools. The updated guidance documents include several revisions, including specifying the type of negative COVID-19 test […]
Originally posted on our Title IX Insights blog. It has been over two months since the 2020 Title IX regulations setting forth a new procedure for addressing school-based Title IX sexual harassment complaints went into effect. The new rules require, […]
School leaders and teachers continue to serve a crucial role in our communities, and we can’t imagine anyone navigating this current crisis without them. Your teachers may be having a hard time navigating what they can and cannot say in […]
