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Volume 35

 Volume 35, No. 6, 2015

 

   Volume 35, No. 5, 2015

 
 Volume 35, No. 4, 2015

 

  Volume 35, No. 3, 2015
  • Students' Rights
  • Church and State
  • Copyright
  • Special Education
  • Open Meetings
  • Discrimination
 Volume 35 No. 2, 2015
  • First Amendment Issues
  • Special Education
  • Students' Rights
  • Employee Rights
  Volume 35, No. 1, 2015
  • Employee Rights
  • Students' Rights

 

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Volume 34

 Volume 34, No. 6, 2014
  • Special Education
  • Discrimination
  • Students' Rights 
  • Employee Rights 
  • Legislative Issues
  Volume 34, No. 5, 2014

No issue
Volume 34, No. 4, 2014
  • Students' Rights 
  • Employees Rights 
  • Administration 
  • Higher Education
 Volume 34, No. 3, 2014
  • Special Education
  • Students' Rights
  • Religion and Education
  • Affirmative Action/Discrimination
  • Legislation
Volume 34, No. 2, 2014

No issue

 Volume 34, No. 1, 2014
  • Employee Rights
  • Federal Department of Education
  • Students' Rights
  • Special Education
  • Legislation

 

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Volume 33

Volume 33, No. 6, 2013
  • Students' Rights
  • Special Education
  • Teachers' Rights
  • Administration
 Volume 33, No. 5, 2013
  • Special Education
  • Students' Rights
  • Employees' Rights
  • District Administration
Volume 33, No. 4, 2013
  • Students' Rights
  • Higher Education
  • Employees' Rights
  • Special Education
 Volume 33, No. 3, 2013
  • School Funding
  • Special Education
  • Students' Rights
  • Employee Rights
  • Legislation
  • Illinois Legislation
Volume 33, No. 2, 2013
  • Religion and Education
  • Students' Rights
  • Administration
  • Employee Rights
  • Special Education
  • Legislation
 Volume 33, No. 1, 2013
  • Special Education
  • Employee Rights
  • School Reform
  • School Finance
  • Action in the Illinois General Assembly
  • Student Rights
  • Administration

Conditional Welfare Grants to Address Truancy and Child Educational Neglect:  United States' Experiments and Ecuador's Mandates -William M. Fischer, J.D.

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Volume 32

Volume 32, No. 6, 2012
  • Students' Rights
  • Special Education
  • District Administration
  • Affirmative Action
  • Employee Rights
  • Legislative Items
 Volume 32, No. 5, 2012
  • Students' Rights
  • Equal Protection
  • Free Speech
  • Board of Education
  • Students' Rights
  • Employee Rights
  • Recent Bill Action
Volume 32, No. 4, 2012
  • Students' Rights
  • Employee Rights
  • Administration Issues
  • Legislative Update
  • Recent Bills Signed Into Law
  • Special Education
 Volume 32, No. 3, 2012
  • Special Education
  • Federal and Special Policy
  • Desegregation
  • Students' Rights
  • Employee Rights
  • Legislation
Volume 32, No. 2, 2012
  • School District
  • Employee Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Religion
  • Special Education
  • Legislation

Public Schools, Private Employers? A Closer Look at the Labor RElations of Public Charter Schools -Stephanie Klupinski, Lindsay Noichols, and Kevin Stanek

 Volume 32, No. 1, 2012
  • School District Issues
  • Students' Rights
  • Teachers' Rights
  • Special Education
  • Legislation Effective January 2012

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Volume 31

Volume 31, No. 6, 2011
  • Students' Rights
  • Discrimination
  • Employee Rights
  • Special Education
 Volume 31, No. 5, 2011
  • Have You Heard?
  • Employee Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Administrative Issues
  • Special Education: OnLine Social Networks: Have K-12 Students Lost Their PRivacy or Given It Up? -Daniel Melchin
Volume 31, No. 4, 2011
  • Have You Heard?
  • State Law / Local Control
  • Desgregation
  • Special Education
  • Employee Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Religion and Education
 Volume 31, No. 3, 2011
  • Students' Rights
  • Special Education
  • Employee Rights
  • Religion and Education
  • Legislation
Volume 31, No. 2, 2011
  • School Reform
  • Special Education
  • Employee Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Religion and Education
  • Legislation
 Volume 31, No. 1, 2011
  • Special Education
  • Employee Rights
  • Students' Rights

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Volume 30

Volume 30, No. 6, 2010
  • Trademark Infringement
  • High Tech Tracking of Students
  • Special Education
  • Students' Rights
  • Employee Rights
  • Religion
  • Legislative Update
 Volume 30, No. 5, 2010
  • Parental Rights
  • School District Liability
  • Discriminiation
  • Student Rights
  • State Government
  • Employee Rights
  • Special Education
Volume 30, No. 4, 2010
  • State Blaine Amendments and Funding Religiously Affiliated Schools: State Constitutional Clauses in Context -Douglas F. Johnson & R. Craig Wood
  • School Governance
  • Employee's Rights
  • Discrimination
  • Religion and Education
  • Special Education
  • Students' Rights
 Volume 30, No. 3, 2010
  • Did You Know?
  • Special Education
  • Civil Procedure
  • Discrimination
  • Education
  • Religion and Education
  • Students' Rights
  • Legislation of Interest
Volume 30, No. 2, 2010
Developments in the Courts
  • Students' Rights
  • Governance
  • Employees
  • Religion
  • Legislative Update
 Volume 30, No. 1, 2010
Developments in the Courts
  • Students' Rights
  • Special Education
  • Religion and Education
  • New Laws Taking Effect January 1, 2010

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Volume 29

Volume 29, No. 6, 2009
Developments in the Courts
  • What's Happening Around the USA?
  • Special Education
  • Religion and Education
  • Students' Rights
  • Employees' Rights
  • No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
  • School Boards
 Volume 29, No. 5, 2009
Developments in the Courts
  • No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
  • Special Education and Disabilities
  • Employee Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Diversity and Discrimination
  • Technology
  • Legislation
Volume 29, No. 4, 2009
Developments in the Courts
  • Educational Reform
  • Religion
  • Student Rights
  • School Employee
  • Special Education
 Volume 29, No. 3, 2009
Developments in the Courts
  • New Supreme Court Justice
  • Students' Rights
  • Religion and Education
Volume 29, No. 2, 2009
School Reform
Developments in the Court
  • Students' Rights
  • Tort
  • Funding
  • Employment
  • Religion
  • Discrimination
 Volume 29, No. 1, 2009
Developments in the Courts
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Student Rights
  • Miscellaneous
  • No Child Left Behind
  • School Finance
  • Employment
  • Special Education
  • Religion
Legislation of Interest
  • New Legislation

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Volume 28

Volume 28, No. 6, 2008
Developments in the Courts
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Employee Rights
  • Special Education
  • Vouchers
  • Students' Rights
  • Tort Liability
Legislation of Interest
  • New Legislation
 Volume 28, No. 5, 2008  
Current Developments in the Courts
  • School Board
  • Students' Rights
  • Teacher's Rights
  • Special Education
Volume 28, No. 4, 2008
Developments in the Courts
  • Students' Rights
  • No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
  • Desegregation
  • Vouchers
  • Technology
  • Employment
  • Funding
  • Freedom of Information Act
 Volume 28, No. 3, 2008
Developments in the Courts
  • Freedom of Information Act
  • Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
  • Religion and Education
  • Students' Rights
  • No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
  • Special Education
  • School Finance
  • Employee Rights
Developments in Legislation
  • State Legislation
Volume 28, No. 2, 2008
Developments in the Courts
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Special Education
  • Students' Rights
  • Home Schooling
  • Curriculum
  • Teachers' Rights
Developments in Legislation
  • Federal Legislation
  • State Legislation
 Volume 28, No. 1, 2008
Developments in the Courts and Legislation
  • Curriculum
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Religion and Education
  • Special Education
  • Students' Rights

Developments in Legislation

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Volume 27

Volume 27, No. 6, 2007
Developments in the Court and Legislation
  • Student Rights
  • Religion and Education
  • Special Education
  • Teachers' Rights
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Vouchers
  • Finance
 Volume 27, No. 5, 2007
Developments in the Courts
  • Special Education
  • Students' Rights
  • NCLB
  • Religion and Education
  • School Finance
  • Personnel
  • Equal Access
Volume 27, No. 4, 2007
Developments in the Courts
  • New Decisions from the United States Supreme Court
  • Employment and Labor
  • Student Rights
  • Vouchers
  • Local Governance
  • Athletics
  • Special Education
  • Liability
Developments in Legislature
  • Boards of Education
  • Personnel
  • School Finance
  • School Safety and Health
  • Students
 Volume 27, No. 3, 2007
Developments in the Courts
  • Student Rights
  • Finance
  • Personnel
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Special Education
  • Desegregation/Affirmative Action

Volume 27, No. 2, 2007
When IDEA Met a Sexual FAPE at the Shore: Complexity and Implications -Ronald T. Hyman

Developments in the Courts and Legislature

  • Religion
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Students' Rights
  • Special Education
  • Federal Regulations
  • Developments in the Illinois General Assembly
 Volume 27, No. 1, 2007
Developments in the Courts
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Religion
  • Desegregation/Affirmative Action
  • Personnel
  • Students
  • Federal Regulations
State Legislation
  • Boards of Education
  • Personnel
  • School Finance
  • School Safety and Health
  • State Board of Education
  • Students

Volume 26

Volume 26, No. 6, 2006 
Developments in the Courts
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Religion
  • Students’ Rights
  • School Choice
  • Technology
  • Discrimination
  • Personnel
  • Federal Regulations
 Volume 26, No. 5, 2006 
Developments in the Courts
  • Special Education
  • Religion
  • Students’ Rights
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Teachers
Volume 26, No. 4, 2006
Developments in the Courts
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Tort Liability
  • Employee’s Rights
  • Special Education
  • School Finance
  • Students’ Rights
Recently Passed Legislation
  • Resolution
  • Public Act
  • Bill awaiting signature
  • Bill awaiting to be sent for signature
 Volume 26, No. 3, 2006
Developments in the Courts
  • Student IssuesReligion
    • Exit Exams
    • Search and Seizure
    • Student Speech
  • Desegregation
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Employment
  • Finance
Recently Passed Legislation

Volume 26, No. 2, 2006
Supervision of Teachers: Guidelines for Appropriate and Accountable Supervision, as Derived from Recent Law Cases -Ronald T. Hyman

Developments in the Courts

  • No Child Left Behind
  • School Finance
  • Special Education
  • Student Rights
  • Religion and Education
  • Employment
 Volume 26, No. 1, 2006
Developments in the Courts
  • Finance
  • Special Education
  • Employment
  • Vouchers
  • Students’ Rights
  • Religion
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Charter Schools

New Laws for 2006

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Volume 25

Volume 25, No. 6, 2005

Supreme Court News

Developments in the Courts

  • No Child Left Behind
  • Special Education
  • School Finance
  • Students’ Rights
  • Religion
  • Teachers’ Rights page 64
 Volume 25, No. 5, 2005

Supreme Court News

  • Developments in the Courts
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Special Education/IDEA
  • Students’ Rights
  • Legal Liability
  • Federal Regulations
  • Religion
Volume 25, No. 4, 2005

Developments in the Courts

  • School Finance
  • NCLB
  • Special Education
  • Student Rights
  • Religion
  • Curriculum
  • Teachers
 Volume 25, No. 3, 2005

Is Title IX an Effective Remedy Against Higher Education Institutions for Sexual Harassment Plaintiffs? -Jamie M. Thomas

Developments in the Courts

  • Religion page 35
  • Student Rights page 36
  • Teachers’ Rights
  • Parental Rights
  • Federal Government and Education

Legislation to Watch

Bills That Did Not Pass
Volume 25, No. 2, 2005

Developments in the Courts

  • Discrimination
  • Student Discipline
  • No Child Left Behind – Status Report
  • Special Education
  • Religion
  • Teacher to Student Sexual Harassment

New Laws – On or After January 1, 2005

Bills to Watch as of March 11, 2005

 Volume 25, No. 1, 2005

Developments in the Courts

  • Curriculum
  • No Child Left Behind
  • District Liability for Administration Terminology
  • Employment
  • Religion
  • Special Education
  • Student Rights
  • New Federal Legislation

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Volume 24

Volume 24 No. 6, November 2004
Volume 24 No. 5, September 2004
Volume 24 No. 4, July 2004
Volume 24, No. 3, May 2004
Volume 24, No. 2, 2004
  • Currently pending Illinois General Assembly bills which affect local school districts
Volume 24, No. 1, 2004
  • Investigation of School Employee Misconduct Involving the Misuse of Technology -Jeffrey J. Horner

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Volume 23

Volume 23, No. 6, 2003
  • Internet Use Policies and Student Expression: What Should Administrators Know? -Mark A. Gooden
Volume 23, No. 5, 2003
  • Education Finance Litigation in the 21st Century An Analysis of Recent State Supreme Court Decisions B -Christine Rienstra-Kiracofe, Anne Dupre, John Dayton
  • The above article was presented at the 49th Annual Conference of the Education Law Association, held November 13 - 15, 2003 in Savannah, Georgia. It is being reprinted with the permission of the Education Law Association. The Education Law Association is the premier source of information on education.
Volume 23, No 4, 2003
  • State Legislation
Volume 23, No 3, 2003
  • Student Rights in Modern America: A Review of Supreme Court Cases from 1962 to Today and Their Impact on Public School Administrators
Volume 23, No 2, 2003
  • Protected Classroom Speech of Public School Teachers: Pickering, Its Progeny, Its Conflicts and Policy Issues
Volume 23, No 1, 2003
  • A Case of First Impression: A Student Death Threat

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Volume 22

Volume 22, No 1, 2002
  • Corporal Punishment and Substantive Due Process: Recent Rarities Signal Favorable Change

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Volume 21

Volume 21, No 1, 2001
  • The First Amendment and Religious Discrimination: Who Won? What Precedents Emerged?

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Volume 20

Volume 20, No 3 and 4, 2000

  • Santa Fe Independent School District v Doe, The "Student Speech is not Public Speech" Loophole has been Closed
  • Attendance Policies: Is the use of Academic Penalties Appropriate?
  • Rush v Board of Education of Crete-Monee Community: Trading
  • Detention Time for Electric Shocks is Not an Acceptable Form of Discipline
  • Board of Education of Oak Park and River Forest High School District No
  • 200 v Kelly, E and T.H., a minor, and L.H. and S.H. v Board of Education of Palatine Community Consolidated School
Volume 20, No 2, 2000
  • A Circuitous Route to Teacher Dismissal: Sexual Harassment and Teacher Dismissal
  • Lessons from Decatur: What Happened and What It Means for Schools
Volume 20, No 1, 2000
  • Legal Implications of Home School Instruction in Illinois
  • A More Clear Picture of Liability; A Still Cloudy Picture of the Interaction Between the Illinois School Code and other State Statutes
  • Taxes and the Continuing Rockford Desegregation Crises
  • The Best Interests of the Child: Providing a Free and Appropriate Public Education in the Least Restrictive Environment

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Volume 19

Volume 19, No 4, 1999

  • Who Bears the Cost of Health Services?
  • Who is Actually Behind the Posting of the Ten Commandments in the Public Schools?
  • Update on Student-to-Student Sexual Harassment
  • The Changing Definition of Expulsion Crime and Appropriate Punishment
  • Early Retirement Incentives Can be Early -- but They Must be Late, Too
  • Employee or Contractor? A Critical Question
  • A Cloudy Question of Liability
Volume 19, No 3, 1999
  • The Law and Sound Supervision: Two Sources to Guide Teacher Evaluation
  • Illinois Tenure: Intent, Standards, and Reality
Volume 19, No 2, 1999
  • A Primer on Illinois School Boundaries and District Reorganization Due Process
  • An Analysis of Recent Case Law Regarding Academic Freedom in Higher Education
Volume 19, No 1, 1999
  • Title IX Sexual Harassment: "Should Have Known" is no Longer Sufficient
  • Proof: Two Cases Holding Actual Knowledge by the School District are Required Doe v University of Illinois Gebser et al. v Lago Vista Independend School District
  • Must Public School District Provide Sign-Language Interpreteres to Students at Private Religious Schools?
  • Who is Responsible for Ensuring a Least Restrictive Environment under the IDEA?
  • When are Assistant Principals Managerial Employees?
  • Sherrard Community Unit School v IELRB 231 Ill. Dec. 537, 696 N.E. 2d 833 (Ill. App. 4 Dist. 1998)

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Volume 18

Volume 18, No 4, 1998

  • Constitutional Use of the Illinois Waiver of Educational Mandates Act: A Legal Overview
  • Application of Du Page County Collector, 229, Ill. Dec. 295, 691 N.E.2d 405 (Ill. App. 2 Dist. 1998):
  • Legality of a Tax Lev
  • Drug Testing After Todd v Rush County Schools : Suspicionless Searches Allowed for all Extracurricular Activities
  • Prayer at Graduation: A Violation of the Establishment Clause
Volume 18, No 3, 1998
  • School Administrator Performance-Based Employment Contracts: Don't Worry, Be Careful
  • Torts Potpourri: Negligence Review, Reference and Update
  • School Funding and Reform Bill of 1997 PA 90-0548 (HB 452) Implications for School Administrators
  • Superintendent Power, Immunity, and Workplace Harmony
  • Discrimination, Harassment, and Intercourse: Putting the X in Sex
  • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Reasonable Suspicion?
Volume 18, No 2, 1998
  • Mandated Community Service: Update and Recommendations
  • Textbook Rentals and School Fees: Legal Implications for Local School Districts
  • The New IDEA: Can Students Who are Discipline Problems Claim Special Education Status to Avoid Suspension/Expulsion?
  • Court Lip Syncs to Goss v. Lopez For Whom the Statue Tolls: Indecent Liberties with School Children
Volume 18, No 1, 1998
  • The Search for Contraband: Illinois School Districts' Encounter with Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure.
  • The ABCs of Administration: Tenured Teacher Termination
  • Rejecting the Lowest Bidder: Good Faith is Not Enough
  • Non-certified Personnel in District Dissolution
  • Short Briefs: Recent Cases of Interest
  • Residency and Tuition Free Education: History, Update, and Commentary
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