As the new adminsitration takes shape and begins to implement its own policies, schools have begun to contemplate how to respond to questions and visits from law enforcement officials. As information and facts develop, understanding of the practical implications of official enforcement efforts will evolve, and how to respond will be different for every community and each community's own facts and population.
In Jackson v. Methodist Health Services Corp., Case No. 23-1464 (7th Cir. 2024), the Court weighed whether a health care system violated the religious freedoms of an employee who refused COVID testing as an alternative to vaccination against the disease.
The Supreme Court of the United States could have a 2025 term which has great significance to school districts. While the Court has not yet fully determined its docket for this term, the cases it has decided hear, along with the cases which it could decide to hear, make for an interesting and potentially monumental year for school law.
With the enactment of PA 103-896 (effective August 9, 2024), the General Assembly signaled potential changes coming regarding student discipline, specifically related to suspension and expulsion.
We discussed the changes to tenure enacted in 2023 in a prior post here. A subsequent change was made to correct an apparent oversight related to CTE teachers in the 2023 law via PA 103-617 (effective July 1, 2024).
Likely, you have already adopted the updated policies related to the Illinois Racism-Free Schools Law, which took effect on August 1, 2024. We previously updated you on the RFSL here.
ISBE has released a new Q&A to address the changes to 24-14 of the Illinois School Code made by Public Act 103-549. While the guidance is non-regulatory, as ISBE is the authority that hears licensure revocations, the answers are important to understand for Districts that seek licensure action against teachers who resign providing less than thirty (30) days' notice before the school year.
Our 2024 Title IX Training is now available for purchase. It includes approximately four and a half hours of recorded content, our toolkit with templates, and other documents to assist you with moving through a Title IX issue.
