Key dates and requirements for elected officials.

Governor Pritzker signed a new law that changed current Paid Leave requirements for specific institutions. To see how your organization might be impacted, read more below!

The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) published its promised FBLA Leave Documentation form that employers may elect to use.

The Intergovernmental Agreement that was provided to school districts on March 6, 2023, allows a district to select the administrator(s) to submit reports under the clear and present danger reporting requirements. 

ISBE releases template forms for sexual misconduct disclosures for applicants for employment effective July 1, 2023.

Contained within the recently enacted 1.7 trillion-dollar Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (Omnibus Bill), are two new federal laws designed to increase the workplace protections for pregnant and/or recently pregnant employees.

A middle school teacher’s decision to wear and display a “Make America Great Again” (“MAGA”) hat to the school district’s “teacher only” training sessions on racial bias and cultural sensitivity was First Amendment-protected activity.

On January 30, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a Florida school district’s policy of separating bathrooms by biological sex, creating a split among federal circuits on the issue of restroom access by transgender students. Read more on this decision below!

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a challenge brought by cisgender students against a policy that allows students who are transgender to compete on athletic teams that align with their gender identity. Read more on the decision below!

On June 10, 2022, the Decennial Committees on Local Government Efficiency Act (the “Act”) was signed into law by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (P.A. 102-1088).