May 2009

A pending Senate Bill 1292 seeks to amend the Illinois Pension Code to establish a two-tier pension system for members
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Senate Bill 1391 was sent to the House for approval requiring the ISBE to adopt rules to provide standards for
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HB 2270, currently awaiting Senate approval, would require school districts to annually submit to the ISBE an itemized salary compensation
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A currently pending Illinois House Bill, HB 326, provides that information disclosed by a student over the age of 12
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The U.S. Department of Education issued the final regulations for the IDEA, effective January 1, 2009. These final regulations allow
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New Isolated Time Out and Physical Restraint regulations were passed on an emergency basis through the Illinois register. The new
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The Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Lebron v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital (Case Nos. 105741 and 105745), a case
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The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 was passed as part of the financial bailout package on October 3,
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A special legislative session was called in Illinois this month in order “to consider measures aimed at increasing school funding,
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HB 4252 was signed into law, requiring school district superintendents to disclose information about employees who were reported to DCFS
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