December 2011

The ISBE issued formal guidance regarding the Performance Evaluation Reform Act and Senate Bill 7, the recently created Public Acts bills which
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A recent HB 605 was approved by the Senate and sent to the Governor for signature, making changes to the
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A recent Family Policy Compliance Office ruling (110 LRP 51087) allows districts to limit access to their 18-year-old daughter’s records,
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A new study published in the journal Pediatrics found that levels of pesticides commonly used in food and around the home are
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A new Illinois law (PA 97-0088) requires school districts to provide at least 60 minutes of daily reading opportunities for
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The 9th Circuit rules in favor of the school district in Forest Grove v. T.A., denying the family of a child
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Governor Quinn signed into law education reform bill SB 7. (See April 2011 entry below for more detailed information.)

The Senate approved the Fiscal Year 2012 Illinois education budgets, restoring several million dollars worth of programming (including mentoring, RtI
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The Illinois Senate unanimously approved SB 630/7, an education reform bill that impacts teacher tenure, hiring and layoffs, as well
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U.S. House Representative Jackie Speier (D. CA) plans to introduce a bill in the U.S. Congress which would require schools
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