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
Our office has recently received many questions related to whether parent consent is required for districts and cooperatives to provide special education and/or related services to students, individually or in…
adminMarch 25, 2020
Hours after the Senate voted to pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“Families First”) that the House of Representatives passed last week, President Trump signed the bill into law…
adminMarch 19, 2020
Early on March 17th, 2020, the Office of the Governor, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Illinois Association of School Administrators, Illinois Principals Association and Illinois State Board of…
adminMarch 17, 2020
On March 16, 2020, the Governor issued an Executive Order that suspends certain provisions of the Open Meetings Act (“OMA”). The Executive Order includes the following terms, which will remain…
adminMarch 17, 2020
We have heard from a number of our school district and special education cooperative clients with questions regarding operational, staff and student issues presented by the novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”). Given…
adminMarch 16, 2020
We have heard from a number of our school district and special education cooperative clients with questions regarding operational, staff and student issues presented by the novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”). Given…
adminMarch 7, 2020
As you are likely aware, on February 18, 2020 the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) adopted final proposed rules on the use of time out and physical restraint in…
adminFebruary 25, 2020
