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On June 30, 2025, Governor Pritzker signed into law Public Act 104-0020 which amends Article 24A of the Illinois School Code and upends a major component of the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (“PERA”) that governs teacher and…more

7/3/2025 / Education Law, Labor & Employment Law

Nationwide Injunctions After Trump v. Casa

In Trump v. Casa, the Supreme Court addressed three emergency applications challenging the use of universal injunctions that bar enforcement of federal action across the country. The case concerned the entry of a temporary…more

7/1/2025 / Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law

Federal Appellate Court Finds that School Board President Violated First Amendment in Restricting Followers on Social Media

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which governs federal districts in the West/Northwest, recently held that a California school board member violated the First Amendment when blocking users’ ability to access her…more

6/30/2025 / Communications & Media Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law

Supreme Court Clarifies Lower Standard Applies When Suing Schools Under Disability Laws

As we previously reported in our Supreme Court preview alert, this term the Supreme Court heard a lawsuit regarding what standard of liability applies when a student with a disability sues a school under the Americans with…more

6/16/2025 / Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law

Supreme Court Rules Anti-Discrimination Protections Apply Equally to All

On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court held that a plaintiff who is a member of a majority group does not need to meet a more stringent burden of proof in order to prove unlawful employment discrimination under Title VII of the…more

6/9/2025 / Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law

Week in Review: 7 Legal Developments you Should Know About

As the academic year is now wrapping up, we hope that the final weeks of school have been relatively stress free, and that our clients are now looking forward to some slower summer days. Here at Franczek, we have continued to…more

6/2/2025 / Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Elections & Politics, Labor & Employment Law

Week in Review: Get Ready for SCOTUS’s Upcoming Education Law Decisions and Catch Up on Recent FLSA, Higher Ed, and EEOC Guidance

This week, we are catching up on developments from the Department of Labor for determining whether someone is an independent contractor or employee, a nomination to restore a quorum at the EEOC, continued cuts to K-12 education…more

5/19/2025 / Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law

100 Days In: Where Do Things Stand?

Last week marked President Trump’s 100th day in office for his second term. As we have reported over the course of the past few months, the first 100 days of the second Trump administration have been active, with many new…more

5/5/2025 / Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law

Department of Labor Signals Rescission of FLSA Exemption Salary Thresholds

The Trump Administration has signaled it intends to reconsider the previously enjoined 2024 rule that would have increased the minimum salary threshold required for an employee to be exempt from overtime under the Executive,…more

5/5/2025 / Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law

Trump Tackles Civil Rights Act, Equity in School Discipline, Higher Education Accreditation, and AI in New Executive Orders

On Wednesday, April 23, 2025, President Trump issued several Executive Orders targeting various elements of his policy agenda. Below, we discuss orders that aim to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability under Title VI,…more

4/25/2025 / Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology

Title IX and Title VI Enforcement Continues, “Dear Colleague” Pause for Some, and SCOTUS Hears LGBTQ Curriculum Challenge

We took the week off from our Week in Review alert last week as it was a (relatively) slow week. However, as it tends to happen after a slow week, developments picked back up this week…more

4/25/2025 / Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law

Week in Review: Important Recent Court Rulings, Continued Changes at the NLRB, and The Department of Ed Continues Its Investigations

We saw a flurry of activity this week from the Supreme Court, with rulings that employers and educational institutions should be aware of. Specifically, the Supreme Court ruled in the Trump Administrations’ favor on several of…more

4/14/2025 / Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law

Week in Review – New Developments from the Dept. Of Ed., More Enforcement Actions by the EEOC and DOJ, and Additional Challenges to Executive Orders

It was another big week for the Department of Education, with President Trump signing an Executive Order on Thursday instructing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take actions to “close” the Department. President Trump’s…more

3/24/2025 / Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law

Week in Review – Major Announcement from the Department of Education, Continued Agency Changes, and More DEI Related Actions

Headlines this week largely focused on the Department of Education, and rightfully so. As announced on Tuesday, President Trump’s administration terminated over 1,300 Department of Education employees this week – nearly 50% of…more

3/18/2025 / Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law

Week in Review: Major Announcements from the Department of Education, Challenges to Anti-DEI Actions, Board Member Reinstatement at the NLRB, and Continued Focus Shifts at the EEOC

We reported last week that the pace of executive orders coming from the new presidential administration had begun to slow. While, overall, the rate does still appear to be slowing, this week has been a notable one…more

3/11/2025 / Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law

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