On January 1, 2013, Public Act 97-1104 will become law. Among other changes, the new law purports to increase and ease the sharing of information between law enforcement and school officials, adds a new section to the Juvenile Court Act (and the School Code) exempting certain discussions from prohibitions against law enforcement communication regarding juvenile offenses.
As discussed in our last update, and pursuant to Section 24A-15 of the Illinois School Code and 23 Ill.Admin.Code 50.300, each school district must have a PERA-compliant evaluation plan for principals and assistant principals in place no later than September 1, 2012.
The Miller, Tracy, Braun, Funk & Miller, Ltd. ANNUAL FALL SEMINAR will be:
As the start of school quickly approaches, keep in mind some of the new requirements of the regulations promulgated by ISBE regarding principal and assistant principal evaluations which must be met prior to the first day of student attendance, along with the other requirements must be met early in the school year.
Miller, Tracy, Braun, Funk & Miller, Ltd. is pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2012, Brandon K. Wright was named partner in the firm.
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Public Act 97-0609, which will be fully effective after January 1, 2012, provides for an "accelerated payment" of pension costs which are attributable to compensation increases over the greater of six percent (6%) or 1.5 times the increase in the Consumer Price Index-Urban (CPI-U) for IMRF employees. If an IMRF employee receives compensation of more than six percent (6%) or 1.5 times the increase in CPI-U in the period used to determine the employee's pension compared to the immediately preceding twelve- (12-) month period, the "accelerated paym
