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News Updates
 
Education Reform Legislation Passes Senate
Posted On : May 02, 2011
Legislation impacting tenure, dismissal and reductions in force unanimously passes Senate
 
Anthony Scariano Receives Award
Posted On : May 02, 2011
Mr. Scariano receives the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the NS
 
Firm Obtains $12 Million Judgment
Posted On : May 04, 2011
Firm wins award exceeding $12 million for municipality wrongly denied insurance coverage
 
Limits of Union Representation
Posted On : May 02, 2011
Non-probationary teacher has no right to union representation at a post-evaluation conference
 
Illinois Civil Unions Law
Posted On : May 02, 2011
How will the new law affect your school district?
 
Education Reform Legislation Passes Both Houses
Posted On : May 17, 2011
Legislation impacting tenure, dismissal and reductions in force has now passed both legislative houses
 
Court rules on teacher abuse case
Posted On : May 17, 2011
Court finds that school district may be liable where administrators wrote letters of reference for a teacher suspected of sexual mis
 
Update on SB 7 - Tenure Requirements
Posted On : June 28, 2011
Senate Bill 7 makes significant changes to the tenure process.
 
Appellate Court reverses TRS Penalty
Posted On : July 19, 2011
The Firm appealed a penalty imposed by TRS; the Appellate Court reversed the penalty based on the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act...
 
Update on Senate Bill 7 - Evaluations
Posted On : July 20, 2011
Senate Bill 7 relies heavily on changes to the teacher evaluation process...
 
Amended Requirements for Home & Hospital Instruction
Posted On : August 05, 2011
Broad changes made to School Code concerning home and hospital instruction
 
 
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