Last week, Whitt Law Attorney Brittany Flaherty Theis participated in panel presentations at the Illinois Association of School Business Officials’ Regional Conferences in East Peoria and O’Fallon. The presentation was titled “Operating Tax Rate Referenda Options and Related Considerations.” The panel discussed operating tax rate referenda options and described the importance of understanding and communicating [...]
Last week, the Governor signed Senate Bill 2428 into law. Now known as Public Act 100-1092, the Hunger-Free Students’ Bill of Rights Act significantly limits school districts’ options for collecting amounts that are owed and payable by students for snacks or meals. The law requires every school in Illinois, public or private, that participates in [...]
Beginning August 1, 2018, schools in Illinois are required by law to allow designated caregivers to administer medical cannabis infused products to students on school premises under certain circumstances within the confines of the applicable laws. Medical cannabis infused products are defined to include food, oils, ointments, or other products containing usable cannabis that are [...]
On August 25, 2017, the Governor signed Public Act 100-421 (the “Act”) into law. The Act is commonly referred to as the Accelerated Placement Act, but it actually amends Article 14A of the School Code, which now governs “Gifted and Talented Children and Children Eligible for Accelerated Placement.” The Act expands services to all students [...]
Late last week the Second District of the Illinois Appellate Court issued an opinion in a Freedom of Information Act case – Hites v. Waubonsee Community College, 2018 IL App (2d) 170617. The appellate court reversed and remanded the circuit court’s determination that Waubonsee Community College (“WCC”) complied with the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) [...]
Every year in June, Illinois public school districts adopt a resolution regarding the prevailing rate of wages to be paid in the locality as required by the Prevailing Wage Act. Until now, districts also had to publish a notification in a local newspaper regarding that determination. In 2017, the Illinois legislature adopted Public Act 100-154, [...]
Today, Governor Rauner approved House Bill 109 (the “budget bill”) and House Bill 3342 (the “budget implementation bill”). House Bill 109 became Public Act 100-586 and House Bill 3342 is now Public Act 100-587. Last week Whitt Law noted that the budget implementation bill limits end-of-career salary increases to 3 percent for Teachers’ Retirement System [...]
On May 31, 2018, House Bill 109 (the “budget bill”) and House Bill 3342 (the “budget implementation bill”) passed both houses and will be sent to Governor Rauner for signing. The legislature has 30 days to send the bill to the Governor, but is expected to do so within the next week. If enacted, the [...]
Consider joining Whitt Law attorneys Stuart Whitt and Brittany Flaherty Theis at this year’s Illinois ASBO Annual Conference in Schaumburg. Pre-conference activities start on Wednesday, May 2 and the Annual Conference programs run Thursday, May 3 and Friday, May 4 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center. Whitt Law Attorney Brittany Flaherty Theis, Ms. [...]