Chicago Public School District 299
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Appeals court: Shriver Center's FOIA request for school cop misconduct reports too burdensome
A state appeals court has upheld the dismissal of an attempt to force the Chicago Board of Education to turn over documents and records concerning complaints the Chicago Public Schools may have received concerning police or security at Chicago's schools, as part of an effort by a social action group to expose what it believes is school discipline that contributes to the "school-to-prison pipeline." -
Judge tosses suit that alleged Chicago schools, bus companies bilked Medicaid for millions
A Chicago federal judge has kicked to the curb a suit by a former busing contracts manager for Chicago Public Schools, who alleged bus companies and school officials defrauded Medicaid in connection with transportation of special needs students. -
Popular school principal sues CPS over ouster, says attendance falsification charges unsubstantiated
A principal of a Chicago international school – seemingly popular with many students’ parents and others in the community - has filed suit against the city’s board of education, claiming the board is trying to remove him on unsubstantiated charges. -
National Teachers Academy Elementary students, parents file suit to stop Chicago school closure
A group of students at the National Teachers Academy Elementary School (NTA) and their parents are suing the Chicago Board of Education, citing alleged discrimination and violation of civil rights. -
Chicago Public Schools teacher accuses co-teacher and principal of defamation
A Chicago Public Schools' special education teacher is suing Dorothy Manahan and Marin Gonzalez, a co-teacher and principal at his school, citing alleged civil conspiracy, defamation and tortious interference. -
Illinois appeals court says Chicago Board of Education not liable for off-campus attack
An Illinois appellate panel has ruled that the Chicago Board of Education is immune from a lawsuit involving a high school student who allegedly was attacked by another student off campus, according to a decision filed on April 24 in the Illinois First District Appellate Court. -
Whitney Young High School pulls plug on 'troubling' sex ed programs after lawsuit filed by parents
Parents of students at Chicago’s Whitney Young High School are claiming a victory over Chicago Public Schools officials, after the high school postponed a sex education program the parents described as “deeply troubling” and which the parents alleged in a court filing was “illegal, contrary to Chicago Public School policy, and otherwise reflecting poor judgment against the best interests of Whitney Young students.” -
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West Town Bikes NFP, others allegedly failed to prevent bike accident
A woman is suing bike club organizers and trainers, citing alleged breach of duty and negligence. -
Federal appeals panel echoes state court: No right to vote for elected Chicago school board
Echoing a state appeals court’s ruling, a federal appellate panel says the right to vote doesn’t entitle Chicago voters to the right to vote for the members of the Chicago school board. -
Appeals court: Chicagoans don't have constitutional right to school board elections
Chicago residents could have the right to vote in a school board election. But under Illinois’ state constitution, Chicago residents do not necessarily have the right to a school board election, a state appeals court has ruled. -
Chicago Public Schools, others allegedly failed to prevent high temperatures in middle school classroom
A woman is suing the city of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, Stanton Mechanical Inc., Aramark Services Inc. and Sodexomagic LLC for allegedly taking insufficient measures to prevent injuries. -
Class action: Ventra student discounts wrongly denied by CTA, Pace, to homeschooled students
A Brookfield parent who thinks transit agencies should resume giving homeschooled students fare discounts is pressing the issue in a class action lawsuit. -
CPS: New IL schools funding law 'major step toward equality,' shelves class action vs state over ed funding
Chicago's public school officials have shelved their attempt to use a lawsuit to address Illinois' "broken" public education funding system, saying an education funding reform law enacted by the state earlier this fall has helped satisfy their concerns. -
Judge tosses Chicago Board of Ed's attempt to secure right to limit CTU speech at meetings, says suit premature
Chicago's public schools leaders jumped the gun in filing suit against its teachers union, a Chicago federal judge has ruled, saying he can't give the Chicago Board of Education the court opinion it seeks declaring the board has the right to restrict the speech of certain members of the Chicago Teachers Union school officials accused of being "vulgar and intimidating" at school administration meetings. -
School nursing vendor OK to continue lawsuit vs Chicago Public Schools, rival over employee poaching
A school nursing services vendor will be allowed to continue a small portion of its action against the Chicago Public Schools, although a federal judge agreed to dismiss part of the complaint. -
Judge: State Rep Drury yet to prove malice in defamation suit vs Proft over campaign ads
An Illinois state representative and Democratic candidate for governor has failed in his renewed attempt to sue an Illinois conservative radio talk show host and political activist and his political organization for statements made in 2014 political advertisements, as a Cook County judge has again tossed the defamation lawsuit brought by State Rep. Scott Drury against Dan Proft and Liberty Principles PAC. -
Chicago Public Schools, Tarkington School of Excellence sued after woman falls on bleachers
A woman is suing Chicago Public Schools and Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL), which operates the Tarkington School of Excellence, for alleged liability and negligence. -
Lawsuit demands IL pay schools based on 'evidence-based' funding plan called for in state budget
Parents of Illinois public school students have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to secure what they consider adequate funding for the coming school year. -
Ex-CPS teacher: Board of Ed fired her for publicly criticizing Chicago special ed cuts
A teacher who dramatically criticized special education cuts, by, among other things, presenting Chicago’s mayor with a mock arrest warrant, said Chicago Public Schools improperly fired her in retaliation. -
State asks judge to toss CPS school funding suit, says system not 'hidden proxy' for race discrimination
The state of Illinois again has asked a Cook County judge to dismiss a Chicago Public Schools lawsuit alleging racial discrimination underlies the way the state funds K-12 public education.