Category: Education Law News
Thu Jul 24, 2025 ‐ Education Law News
REMINDER: ISBE Guidance on Prohibited Summer Teacher Resignations
ISBE has issued an explanatory Guidance [1] to address the procedures which prohibit teacher resignation (tenured and non-tenured) within thirty (30) days of the first day of school in the fall [2] to accept another teaching position, unless the teacher […]Wed Jun 11, 2025 ‐ Education Law News
Illinois General Assembly Clarifies Prohibition on Fines to Punish School Discipline Violations, Including Citations for Local Ordinance Violations
The Illinois General Assembly has approved a measure that clarifies the current prohibition on schools fining students as punishment for violations of school discipline codes or rules. The law will further expressly extend to police to prohibit the issuance of […]Mon Jan 13, 2025 ‐ Education Law News
Federal Judge Strikes Down 2024 Title IX Rule: What Comes Next?
On January 9, 2025, Chief Judge Danny Reeves of the Eastern District Court of Kentucky (the “Court”) struck down the entirety of the “2024 Rule”, which sought to make major changes to Title IX. See State of Tennessee v. Miguel […]Thu Aug 10, 2023 ‐ Education Law News
Federal Appeals Court Affirms Preliminary Order That Transgender Students Have Right to Access Facilities Consistent with Gender Id
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, the federal appellate court with jurisdiction over Illinois school districts, has affirmed the temporary decision of two lower federal district courts in Indiana. Those two lower federal district courts in Indiana each held that […]