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Education

• Update on Recapture Certificate under PTELL

Education Law News

• Federal Appeals Court Affirms Preliminary Order That Transgender Students Have Right to Access Facilities Consistent with Gender Id
• Cash Reserve Balance Disclosure Requirements During School District Levy and Budget Hearings
• ISBE/IDPH Guidance Regarding COVID Practices for School Districts for Fall 2022
• ILLINOIS FIREARMS RESTRAINING ORDER ACT: LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION
• Addition of Mental and Behavioral Health to the Sick Leave Provisions of the Illinois School Code

Firm News

• Illinois Library Association 2023 Conference
• Update on Recapture Certificate under PTELL
• IASB-IASA-IASBO “Triple I” Joint Annual Conference 2022
• James P. Bartley Receives Award for 20 Years of Service
• Recapture of Maximum Levy Amounts

General

• Paid Leave for All Workers Act Takes Effect January 1, 2024: What Local Government Employers Need to Know
• “Is Anybody Home?:” Forming a Reasonable Basis for Warrantless Entry in the Face of an Emergency or Exigent Circumstances
• Hindsight is 20/20, But Not When Forming a Reasonable Suspicion for an Investigatory Stop
• Recent Seventh Circuit Opinion Reiterates Qualified Immunity As An Important Defense In Section 1983 Lawsuits
• Kankakee County Circuit Court Judge Rules the Safe-T Act Provisions Eliminating Cash Bail Violates The Illinois Constitution

Labor & Employment Law News

• Paid Leave for All Workers Act Takes Effect January 1, 2024: What Local Government Employers Need to Know
• Supreme Court Blocks OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19 Vaccination and Masking
• Revised CDC Isolation and Quarantine Guidance for K-12 Schools
• Thomas Melody Taught at 36th Annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Conference
• New Enforcement Measures For Face Coverings and Gathering Size Limits

Legal Resources

• Freedom of Information Open Meeting Act

Library Law News

• Illinois Library Association 2023 Conference
• ILLINOIS FIREARMS RESTRAINING ORDER ACT: LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION
• Court Supports Public Employer’s Authority to Require Vaccination or Regular Testing for COVID
• A Public Body Has Discretion to Determine Whether to Hold Remote Meeting During a Public Health Emergency
• Governor Issues Succession of Masking and Vaccination Orders for the Public, Educators and Healthcare Workers

Municipal Law News

• Binding Public Access Opinion Holds that Closed Session Meeting Minutes Must be Approved in Open Session
• “Is Anybody Home?:” Forming a Reasonable Basis for Warrantless Entry in the Face of an Emergency or Exigent Circumstances
• New Paid Leave for All Workers Act
• Illinois Supreme Court Stays SAFE-T Act Cash Bail Requirements
• James Ferolo, Allen Wall and Jonathan Priest Author Article Published in SIU Law Journal and Westlaw

Wealth & Succession Planning News

• IRS Issues Guidance on 2020 Estimated Tax Payments
• CARES Act – Economic Impact Payments and Individual Tax Changes
• Tax Filing and Deadline Extension Updates
• Tax Filing Deadline Extension
• Tax Payment Deadline Extension