Given the understandable focus on remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, many school districts and special education cooperatives have not been aware that effective April 9, 2020, final regulations on…
adminJune 22, 2020
COVID-19 Open Meetings Act Update
On March 16, 2020, the Governor issued an Executive Order that suspends certain provisions of the Open Meetings Act (“OMA”). …
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Update: The Governor has signed SB 1569. The new law (known as Public Act 101-0643) is effective immediately. As a result, the SB 1569 requirements (explained in our legal update)…
adminJune 17, 2020
Update: The Governor has signed SB2135. The new law (known as Public Act 101-0640) is effective immediately. As a result, the SB2135 requirements (explained in the attached legal update) are…
adminJune 12, 2020
The U.S. Department of Education (“DOE”) has provided school districts, special education cooperatives, and colleges and universities with another task for their summer “to-do” lists. Following its year and a…
adminMay 15, 2020
Please click here to view details regarding ECB&S Virtual Anti-Harassment Trainings.
adminMay 8, 2020
On April 16, 2020, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision interpreting Section 24-6 of the Illinois School Code, relating to a school employee’s use of sick leave after the…
adminApril 28, 2020
The effective date of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “FFCRA”) has arrived. The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) continue to provide additional guidance. …
adminApril 2, 2020
In the week following enactment of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, now commonly referred to as the “FFCRA,” the U.S. Department of Labor has begun to provide some initial…
adminMarch 27, 2020
