RECAPTURE OF AGGREGATE EXTENSION BASE NOW ALLOWS UNDER-LEVY WITHOUT PENALTY
NOW ALLOWS UNDER-LEVY WITHOUT PENALTY Since its adoption about 30 years ago, the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (“PTELL” or “tax cap”) has contained an inherent disincentive for school districts and other taxing bodies to ever levy less than the legal maximum in any year. That is because when a district…
Read MoreNEW FINANCIAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON CASH BALANCES AND VENDOR INFORMATION
Within the past year, two new financial reporting requirements have been imposed upon school districts. Neither is particularly onerous and neither has penalties specified for noncompliance. Nonetheless, both legal mandates are now in effect. Cash Balances. New Section 17-1.3 of the School Code provides that at the public hearing at…
Read MoreElection Season Do’s and Don’ts – IASB
John M. Izzo will present on the topic of “Election Season Do’s and Don’ts” to the Illinois Association of School Boards, In-House Counsel Networking Meeting on October 14, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. https://www.iasb.com/ Save as PDF
Read MoreU.S. SUPREME COURT EMPHASIZES RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN SCHOOL CASES
Among the typical flurry of cases issued at the end of its session in June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court included two very important cases affecting how the religious freedom clauses in the First Amendment of the Constitution will be applied to educational institutions. One dealt with prayers led by a…
Read MoreNEW ILLINOIS LAW PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AND RETURN OF SICK DAYS TO VACCINATED EMPLOYEES FOR TIME MISSED DUE TO COVID-19
Last week, Governor Pritzker signed House Bill 1167 into law. Among other things, this law requires school districts, joint agreements, and charter schools to provide administrative leave days and return previously used sick days to vaccinated employees who previously missed, or will miss, work as a result of COVID-19. As described…
Read MoreAPPELLATE COURT DISMISSES GOVERNOR PRITZKER’S APPEAL ON COVID MANDATES
Late Thursday night, the Fourth District Illinois Appellate Court dismissed the appeal from the Sangamon County Circuit Court order rendering unenforceable Governor Pritzker’s Executive Orders mandating masks, close contact exclusions, and vaccinations or weekly testing in schools Some school districts have now already determined not to follow the Governor’s Executive…
Read MoreFULL FUND TRANSFER AUTHORITY RESTORED UNTIL 2024
    With the Governor’s approval of Public Act 102-671 on November 30, 2021, the authority of school boards to transfer money between principal school district operating funds without limitation has been restored, at least through June 30, 2024.     Section 17-2A of the School Code has long provided a mechanism for interfund transfers,…
Read MoreGOVERNOR PRITZKER SIGNS LAW CLARIFYING THE ILLINOIS HEALTH CARE RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE ACT
In August, Governor Pritzker signed Executive Order 2021-20 requiring all school personnel to be fully vaccinated from COVID-19 or receive at least weekly COVID-19 testing. The Order further ordered schools to exclude any school personnel who do not comply with the vaccination or testing requirement. Since that time,…
Read MoreNew Associate Attorney – Mary J. Rocco
Mary J. Rocco has joined our firm as an Associate Attorney and practices out of our Oak Brook Office. Mary has over seventeen years of experience practicing law. She worked for ten years as a litigator with Administration of Children’s Services in New York City, focusing on assisting families and children…
Read MorePROPERTY TAX RECOVERY LEVY LAW GOES INTO EFFECT WITH GOVERNOR’S SIGNATURE
Several weeks ago, we reported on the passage of Senate Bill 508, which provides for a supplemental levy, outside the tax caps (i.e., the limiting rate of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (“PTELL”)). The bill is designed to make taxing districts whole for revenue lost due…
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