On March 4, 2022, Governor Pritzker issued Executive Order 2022-07 which has implications for Illinois schools as they continue to grapple with this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most notably, the latest Executive Order reissues and extends Executive Order 2021-22 […]
The Illinois State Board of Education (“ISBE”) has announced that it is postponing its implementation of Public Act 102-0543, which requires ISBE to collect and report student sexual orientation, gender, and sex data. As a result, ISBE will no longer […]
Originally posted to our Title IX Insights Blog. We recently launched a multi-part series where we are providing a refresher on the key players on the Title IX team under the current 2020 regulations. While we wait for the Biden […]
ISBE Releases Isolated Time Out, Time Out, and Physical Restraint Reduction Plan Template and Due Date
March 1, 2022
Originally posted on our Special Education Insights Blog. Public Act 102-0339 requires each school district’s time out and physical restraint oversight team to develop a plan for reducing and eventually eliminating the use of isolated time out, time out, and […]
Masking Mandates Lifted
February 28, 2022
Schools and districts throughout the State – and country – are beginning this school week on the heels of a flurry of announcements made last Friday by the CDC, the Illinois Supreme Court, Governor Pritzker and ISBE, culminating in a […]
State Defendants Appeal COVID-19 TRO to the Illinois Supreme Court
February 24, 2022
In the wake of last week’s Appellate Court ruling, Governor Pritzker and the other state defendants have taken their appeal of the February 4, 2022 TRO regarding school COVID-19 mitigation measures to the Illinois Supreme Court. On February 22, 2022, […]
OCR Provides Update on Rulemaking Process for Title IX
February 24, 2022
Originally posted to our Title IX Insights Blog. In December, the Biden Administration announced that it plans to release new Title IX draft rules to the public by April 2022. (See our previous post on the announcement here.) Last week, the Department of […]
OCR Dismisses LGBTQ+ Complaint Based on Title IX Religious Exemption
February 24, 2022
Originally posted to our Title IX Insights Blog. In a highly anticipated decision earlier this month, OCR reaffirmed the broad discretion that religious institutions may have under the religious exemption in Title IX. Title IX provides that “no person in the United […]