As indicated in an updated News & Knowledge blog post yesterday, the Illinois State Board of Education (“ISBE”) and the Illinois Department of Public Health (“IDPH”) re-released their joint guidance document, Revised Public Health Guidance for Schools: Part 5 – Supporting the Full Return to In-Person Learning for All Students, August 2021 (“Part 5 Guidance”). [...]
Late Friday, ISBE uploaded a new joint guidance document with its COVID-19 resources. The joint guidance reiterated the current state-wide mandate that requires masks be worn indoors by all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to P-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status, except for under limited circumstances. The joint guidance also discussed quarantine procedures, Test to [...]
In an FAQ dated July 26, 2021, the Illinois Department of Public Health (“IDPH”) and the Illinois State Board of Education (“ISBE”) answered questions related to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (“CDC”) Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention in K-12 Schools, released July 9, 2021. Yesterday, July 27, 2021, just one day after the [...]
Beginning today, college athletes in Illinois will be able to sign agents and get paid for autograph signings, endorsing products, or appearing in advertising. Earlier this week, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed SB 2338, also called the “Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act,” (the “Act’) into law. This and similar laws cover rights commonly referred to as “NIL” [...]
On June 23, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., No. 20-255, wherein it was asked to decide whether the landmark decision in Tinker, "which holds that public school officials may regulate speech that would materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school, applies [...]
