March 2011

A new Northern District of Illinois federal court opinion, Dominique L. v BOE of the City of Chicago, held that parents
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Currently pending HB 189 would place limitations on the percentage of students within general education classrooms who have IEPs (excluding
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A pending house bill, HB 140, would require the ISBE to establish a standardized student expulsion policy that would apply
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The Illinois General Assembly considered a number of controversial education reform measures, including the ISBE’s ability to revoke a teacher
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New Illinois regulations go into effect which impact homebound services for special education students in Illinois. See highlighted client alert for more
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18 school districts within Illinois will be sharing $270 million in state capital funding for construction and renovation projects as
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Illinois received a $146.6 million grant from the federal School Improvement Grants program to help turn around its persistently lowest
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WTH partner Brooke R. Whitted was appointed to the newly-created Illinois School Bullying Prevention Task Force. The Task Force was created by PA
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A bill was signed into law (PA 96-1264) that provides for reimbursement to school districts for transporting children enrolled in
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The Illinois State Board of Education released its Guidelines for Managing Life-threatening Food Allergies in Illinois Schools, from which school boards
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