The Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB), the Illinois Association of School Business Officials (IASBO), and the Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA) recently retained Franczek Radelet to prepare an amicus curiae or ‘friend of the court’ brief in Gurba v. Community High School District No. 155, which is pending before the Illinois Supreme Court.  As extensive media coverage and our previous FR alert notes, this case involves whether District 155 was required to seek zoning approval from the City of Crystal Lake prior to constructing bleachers at Crystal Lake South High School. Both the Circuit and the Appellate courts held that the District was subject to the City’s zoning and land use regulations. The amicus brief argues, among other things, that modern public education encompasses a broad array of services that require specialized facilities and that subjecting school districts to municipal zoning ordinances would frustrate the ability to provide those services. The amicus brief was filed with a motion asking the Court to accept it and consider the brief in its deliberations.  A copy of the brief is available here.