With November elections right around the corner and April board elections not far behind, it’s a good time to brush off the rules governing campaigning by school employees and board members. A recently revised Answers to FAQs Regarding Referendum Activities Conducted […]
Franczek P.C. Announces Hiring of Jackie Wernz
October 1, 2018
Franczek P.C. is delighted to announce Jackie Wernz has returned to the firm from her time at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Jackie’s return serves to further deepen our bench as we serve over 100 Illinois school […]
Restriction Friction: Illinois and New York Attorneys General Finalize Settlement with WeWork That Limits Noncompetition Provisions
September 27, 2018
On September 18, 2018, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood reached a settlement with WeWork, a shared offices company that provides services around the world. Illinois and New York authorities had challenged WeWork’s widespread […]
Illinois Employers Now Required to Reimburse Employee Expenses
September 25, 2018
In late August, Governor Rauner signed into law an amendment to the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act requiring employers to reimburse employees for “all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by [employees].” The law defines “necessary expenditures” as those “reasonable expenditures or […]
FOIA: Illinois Appellate Court Sanctions Repeat-Filer
September 21, 2018
In a rare move, an Illinois Appellate Court recently upheld sanctions against a repeat FOIA litigant in Garlick v. Bloomingdale Township. This case occurred in two phases. In the first – Garlick I – Garlick requested the Township provide him with certain electronic […]
Draft Proposed Title IX Regulations Hint at Significant Changes
September 21, 2018
The U.S. Department of Education (“DOE”) is expected to release proposed regulations related to Title IX shortly. While the proposed regulations have not been officially released, a leaked draft indicates significant changes may be made to the current Title IX regulations affecting […]
Illinois Supreme Court Finds Hospital Tax Exemption Constitutional
September 20, 2018
Today, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision in Oswald v. Hamer marking the latest chapter in a controversy dating to 2003. The decision finds that Section 15-86 of the Illinois Property Tax Code, which provides a special charitable property tax exemption […]
The following is a summary of the 2018 legislative changes affecting school districts. Click here for a PDF of the entire summary or click the links below to review the specific topics. Vetoes and Amedatory Vetoes Student Discipline Report/Safe Schools […]