Stephanie Jones, General Counsel for the Illinois State Board of Education, is joining Kriha Law as a Partner on July 1, 2019. Stephanie has over 18 years of experience providing legal counsel to Illinois schools. She is an innovative, selfless, results-oriented leader in the field of education law and we are humbled that she shares [...]
Our April K12 Focus this month highlights topics that include gender exclusion in sports, the disclosure of student standardized test scores and deadlines important to school districts now that election season is over.
Check out Kriha Law's February 2019 Newsletter! This month's K12 Focus features a federal court ruling about the first amendment and government social media accounts as well as a Public Access Counselor holding regarding the violation of The Open Meetings Act.
Along with New Years’ resolutions, 2019 brings a host of new laws that affect school districts. Summarized below are laws that go into effect January 1, 2019 and will likely require school districts to review and change their current practices. Of course, this list is not exhaustive of all new laws but provides a summary [...]
The General Assembly has added another notice requirement for IEP teams. Effective 8/20/18, IEP teams: Must provide written notice to parents that the IEP team is required to consider whether the child requires assistive technology to receive a FAPE. This notice must include the toll free phone number and website address for the IL AT [...]
Effective January 1, 2019, the Illinois Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act consolidates and bolsters the rights of service members in Illinois. Click here to read the full newsletter and additional details on the changes.
On November 16, 2018, the Department of Education officially released proposed regulations substantially changing the landscape of Title IX. The Trump administration is decreasing the breadth of conduct that schools must investigate, increasing the transparency of the investigation process, increasing the rights of the accused and decreasing confidentiality protections for complainants. In sum, these new regulations [...]
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September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. We are GOING #GOLD to help elevate this cause “because kids can’t fight cancer alone®”. Thank you @accorg for your dedication to making childhood cancer a national health priority.