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News & Analysis as of May 25, 2013

School Districts Cannot Spend Bond Money on Projects Not Disclosed to Voters - School Bonds with 55 Percent Vote Threshold Must...

by Kelly Salt | Best Best & Krieger LLP on 5/1/2013

The Fourth District Court of Appeal recently upheld a challenge to a school district’s spending voter-approved bond proceeds for field lighting at a high school stadium because the ballot proposition did not specifically list...more

IRS Releases Final Colleges and Universities Compliance Report: Reveals Significant Underreporting

by Richard Frazier, Elizabeth Mullen | Saul Ewing LLP on 5/1/2013

A recent report of the IRS’ Exempt Organizations (EO) division provides the results of a multi-year audit of tax-exempt colleges and universities regarding their compliance with IRS reporting requirements. The report focuses...more

Illinois Supreme Court Denies Taxpayer Standing in Constitutional Challenge to School Funding Law

by Kirk Jenkins | Sedgwick LLP on 12/6/2012

The Illinois state educational funding statute survived a constitutional challenge last week when the Illinois Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion by Justice Robert R. Thomas, affirmed an Appellate Court decision dismissing...more

Argument Report: Taxpayer Standing to Challenge Education Financing?

by Sedgwick LLP on 9/27/2012

Our reports on the oral arguments of the Illinois Supreme Court's September term continue with Carr v. Koch. In Carr, the taxpayer plaintiffs are challenging Circuit Court and Appellate Court decisions that they lacked...more

Government

by Sedgwick LLP on 9/6/2012

UPDATED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 Legislation – State University System. Do the statutes and provisions of the General Appropriations Act that restrict state universities’ expenditure or tuition and fees and condition...more