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Attorney General Concludes Municipal Water Customers’ Names are Fair Game under FOIA

May 4, 2018

In its second binding opinion issued for 2018, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office concluded that a municipality must provide a municipal water customer’s name in response to a Freedom of Information Act request seeking that information. The opinion, Public Access Opinion 18-002, was issued after a school district submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to a municipality seeking a municipal water bill for a specific address served by ... Read More

Filed Under: Municipal Law, News & Cases, School Law

Dissatisfied With Your School District Boundary? A boundary change is possible.

February 19, 2018

Believe it or not, school district boundaries can be changed not only by a school district, but also by 2/3 of the registered voters in any “territory” proposed to be detached from one school district and attached to another.  Detachment is basically a form of boundary reorganization where a portion of one school district is incorporated into one or more other school districts.  It can be done by one or more families or even residents of a larger ... Read More

Filed Under: News & Cases, School Law

School Boards: Challenging Arbitration by Refusing to Arbitrate

February 17, 2016

Binding arbitration is required to be part of a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) between a school board and teachers union, and a school board’s refusal to arbitrate grievances under the CBA generally violates 115 ILCS 5/14(a)(1) of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act (“Act”), which provides: “Educational employers, their agents or representatives are prohibited from [] [i]nterfering, restraining or coercing employees in the ... Read More

Filed Under: News & Cases, School Law

School Boards: When May a School Board Refuse to Arbitrate a Grievance?

January 15, 2016

As the Illinois Supreme Court held in Board of Education of the City of Chicago v. Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, 215 IL 118043: “A school district may refuse to arbitrate a grievance where: (1) there is no contractual agreement to arbitrate the substance of the dispute or (2) the dispute is not arbitrable under section 10(b) of the Act because the subject matter of the dispute conflicts with Illinois law.” As the Court further held, ... Read More

Filed Under: News & Cases, School Law

Spesia & Taylor Respresents Clients in Detachment Hearing Before Will County Regional Board of Education

December 1, 2015

Attorney Michael Stiff successfully handled a detachment proceeding pursuant to the Illinois School Code before the Will County Regional Board of Education.  In that petition, filed by two property owners located several miles apart, the families sought to detach their property from the Peotone School District and Annex into the Manhattan Grade School District and Lincoln-Way High School District. ... Read More

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