Last week, the United States Senate voted to confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. DeVos’ confirmation hearings were contentious, as telephone switchboards in Congress were flooded with constituent calls opposing her confirmation. DeVos’ nomination was further imperiled when two Republican senators – […]
On Friday, the Trump administration signaled that it will not defend the guidance given by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (DOE) last May on transgender students’ rights under Title IX of the Education Amendments of […]
Since 2014, the National Labor Relations Board has issued three significant decisions related to union organizing at private universities: Pacific Lutheran University; Columbia College; and Northwestern University. We previously reported on each of these decisions. All three cases were “representation cases” and arose […]
On February 3, the Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington entered a nationwide temporary restraining order on the enforcement of the Trump administration’s ban on U.S. entry by citizens of 7 predominantly Muslim countries. As a result […]
As we move into the second half of the school year, we want to remind districts and charter schools of the importance of securing and protecting student data. Educators use and share student data in dynamic ways that improve student […]
Recently, there have been several noteworthy developments in the controversy surrounding property tax exemptions for Illinois hospitals. For the past decade, we’ve been providing updates as this issue progressed through the courts, executive branch, state legislature, and local assessing officials. […]
On Friday, January 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that immediately impacts certain foreign nationals seeking to enter the United States or apply for immigration benefits inside the country. Because of the serious implications of this order on […]
The Illinois Supreme Court recently affirmed the decisions of the lower courts, which had overturned a Public Access Counselor opinion, in Board of Education of Springfield School District No. 186 v. the Attorney General of Illinois. The case examines the level […]
