On April 5, 2022, Governor Pritzker signed House Bill 1167 (now Public Act 102-0697) providing teachers and other employees of Illinois public school districts who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19…

Shortly before midnight yesterday evening, the Illinois Appellate Court for the 4th District issued an order in the pending Sangamon County cases (Austin and Allen) pertaining to the appeals by…

JCAR Declines To Renew IDPH Emergency Rules. Click here to read our legal update.

As many of you know, parents filed lawsuits over masking and close contact exclusion requirements that were consolidated and are now pending before Judge Raylene Grischow in the 7th Judicial…

ISBE again revises its rules on requirements for the use of isolated time out, time out, and physical restraint. To read our legal update, click here.

On August 24, 2021, we sent a legal update advising that as part of its Return to School Roadmap, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative…

Governor Pritzker has issued Executive Order 2021-24, which includes exclusion mandates for confirmed cases of COVID-19, probable cases of COVID-19, and close contacts to a confirmed or probable case of…

ISBE has issued a revised guidance document on school district obligations to certain students with disabilities who aged out of eligibility for special education services during the pandemic. To read…