April 2010

A proposed Senate Bill, SB 3513, provides that if a minor is a victim of a violent offense (e.g. aggravated
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A new Senate Bill, SB 3266, would add strict new requirements regarding school districts’ bullying policy. The bill provides for
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A British medical journal, the Lancet, formally retracted a 1998 article linking the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to Autism.
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Illinois’ new FOIA law goes into effect, requiring school boards to designate one or more officials/employees to act as formal
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A new federal law, the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act (HR 4247), was introduced in congress to
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan held a Cyber Safety Summit, which included law enforcement officials, parents and school officials, to
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President Obama signed an updated hate crimes bill into law on October 28, 2009, making it a federal offense to
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A new Public Act , 96-0657, provides that a parent, independent educational evaluator, or other qualified, professional retained by the
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Public Act 96-0542 is signed by Governor Pat Quinn, effective January 1, 2010, which makes comprehensive changes to the FOIA
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The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals held in J.D. v Kanawha County Board of Education that parents of special education students were
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