July 2019

A new Illinois Senate Bill, SB 1226, would dismantle Illinois' State Charter School Commission (the commission responsible for appealing charter
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A new report, Turning Rights Into Reality: How Guardianship and Alternatives Impact the Autonomy of People with Intellectual and Developmental
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A pending Senate Bill, SB 1249, would require a school district to report to the Illinois State Board of Education
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Pending House Bill 1579 would allow Illinois juvenile courts to order a mental health evaluation prior to sentencing students for
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The Illinois House is considering a proposed House Bill, HB 1559, which would require all public high schools, beginning with
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A newly pending House Bill, HB 1561, would require school boards to develop threat assessment protocols and threat assessment teams.
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Illinois' Senate Education Committee is considering a new Senate Bill, SB 117, which would require schools and school districts to
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A new Illinois Public Access Opinion, PAO 18-015, found that the McLean County Board's Finance Committee violated the Open Meetings
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The 6th Circuit Appellate Court recently ordered, in H.C. v. Fleming County Kentucky Board of Education, that a Kentucky School
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The Chicago Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has ruled, in Cedar Falls Community School District, that while districts must generally
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