March 2016

A U.S. Court of appeals for the 5th Circuit has ruled that obtaining a stay-put order pursuant to the IDEA
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Governor Rauner signed an Executive Order creating the Governor’s Cabinet on Children and Youth (the “Children’s Cabinet”) to “streamline Illinois’
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The Office of Special Ed and Rehabilitative Services has issued a new “Dear Colleague Letter” (66 IDELR 227), which mandates
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The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided in G.L. by Mr. G.L. and Mrs. E.L. v. Ligionier Valley School
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In a recent federal court decision, Oakland Unified School District v. N.S. ex rel. Genning and Samhal, a judge chastised a
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A new Illinois law, Public Act 98-0846, changes the child custody definition in Illinois to include “fictive kin” as a
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In Foster v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago, the 7th Circuit held that reimbursement for private speech-language therapy
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The U.S. Department of Education has released new guidance on testing English Language Learners with disabilities in annual English language proficiency assessments.

A new House Bill, HB 306, would allow students to opt-out of taking a standardized test if the student’s parent
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A newly-proposed Senate Bill, SB 226, would require the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Illinois State Board of
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