January 2017

A newly pending Senate Bill, SB 11, would make significant changes to the Teachers’ Retirement System, including: A $180,000 salary
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A recent due process hearing decision, Swanson by Swanson-Houston v. Yuba City School District, denied the parents’ complaint to chose a
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A pending Senate Bill 2822, which would provide additional funding for the Chicago Public Schools teacher pension fund, was vetoed
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A new Illinois law, Public Act 99-0616, requires all teacher institute days to provide training every two years on the
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A Tennessee teacher was recently disciplined for keeping a Learning Disabled student in from recess to complete missing assignments. After
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A new Illinois public law, the Employee Sick Leave (PA 99-0743), allows employees to take off personal sick days for
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The 7th Circuit Appellate panel recently found in Brown v. Chicago Board of Education that the school district had a right to
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A new Illinois Senate Bill, SB 2137, would require teacher training at least every two years on the federal Americans
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In a recent court decision, Coomes v. Edmonds School District No. 15, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against
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A newly proposed Illinois Senate Bill 2137 would require 15 days’ notice of a child bringing a service dog into
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