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House backs bill for school search Legislation sponsored by state Rep. Tom Cross, R-Oswego, to allow teachers with reasonable suspicion to inspect and search school areas and the personal effects of students was approved by the Illinois House. Read more... Ex-congressmen lay out Illinois capital plan General Assembly Lawmakers warn bill could be delayed Read more... Bill allowing Rockford schools to share data gets 1st OK The legislation was pushed by the mayor to facilitate the city's anti-truancy program. Read more... New CTA fare cards able to track students Chicago high school students who use a new CTA reduced-fare card could find themselves riding to and from classes with Big Brother, even if they don't have siblings. Read more... State Senate OKs back-to-school sales tax break SPRINGFIELD | Bill looks to have long odds of passing House Read more... House alters schools' moment of silence law Bill makes reflection optional, removes references to 'prayer' Read more... Committees tackle school prayer, HIV reporting Just months after approving legislation to require Illinois schools to observe a moment of silent reflection each day, lawmakers voted Thursday to go back on it. Read more... House panel OKs optional moment of silence Despite initial confusion about the outcome, an Illinois House committee mustered just enough votes Thursday to advance a measure that would make the state's moment of silence law optional for schools. Read more... Is it a moment of silence or an effort to impose school prayer? Metro-east school leaders and politicians have mixed feelings about the much-debated law requiring a moment of silence in public schools that Illinois legislators may revisit, either by eliminating the requirement or by changing the law's name to remove any reference to prayer. Read more... Judge: Can't punish schools for breaking silence law LAWSUIT | Chicago schools will still observe morning moment Read more... Judge blocks moment of silence LAWSUIT | 'It's nice to win one,' says atheist activist Read more... Lawmaker inaction will hurt schools The Illinois superintendent of education said this week that if lawmakers don't act by Thursday, schools likely will begin getting stiffed on part of their monthly income from the state. Read more... Forcing silence on schools If there is anything most schools are lacking, it's an excess of quiet. But the General Assembly's attempt to legislate silence in the classroom is not meeting with favor everywhere. Read more... Schools struggle with meaning of law Administrators say moment of silence rule is still unclear Peoria - Local school administrators have been anything but quiet when discussing the recent passage of the moment of silence bill. Read more... Conference discusses legistlative headaches The Illinois Association of School Boards Abe Lincoln Division held its semi-annual conference at Mount Zion High School on Thursday, and Benjamin Schwarm, associate executive director of governmental relations, listed some of those problems for school boards of local districts. Read more... Dispute on private school payments heard WASHINGTON --Taxpayers shouldn't be asked to pick up the cost of private schooling for special education children who don't first give public schools a chance, New York City's top appeals lawyer told the Supreme Court Monday... Read more... Law aims to make college affordable WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Thursday signed legislation designed to make college more affordable for students from poor and middle-class families, swallowing objections to a bill that enjoyed veto-proof majorities in Congress... Read more... Milestone marker of civil rights fight LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The Little Rock Nine, once barred from Central High School because they are black, arrived on its soggy campus in limousines Tuesday as the community marked 50 years since... Read more... New stamp marks desegregation case WASHINGTON, D.C. - A 1947 court ruling that helped pave the way for the nation's school desegregation will be commemorated... Read more... $24 billion plan proposed for bridges, road, casinos COLLINSVILLE --State Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Collinsville, introduced a $24 billion program to upgrade Illinois bridges, roads and schools and expand gaming during a press conference Thursday... Read more... Schools taking close look at summer court rulings School has resumed across the suburbs following a landmark summer. The Supreme Court authored back-to-back decisions that curbed student speech, limited the use of race to achieve school diversity and protected parents' rights to represent themselves and their children in court... Read more... Editorial: Veto of forced school prayer a wise move Given the intense criticism that has been lobbed at Gov. Rod Blagojevich of late, it would probably have been a lot easier for him to just quietly sign Senate Bill 1463 - a bill that would have required each public school classroom in the state to... Read more... Child sex offenders can't enter schools to vote People convicted of sex crimes against children are now prohibited from entering schools to vote on Election Day. A measure signed into law by Gov. Rod Blagojevich means sex offenders whose assigned polling place is a school must use early or... Read more... Moment of silence in schools vetoed SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich rejected a proposal Tuesday to force public school students to reflect quietly at the beginning of each day... Read more... New teen driving laws have schools scrambling Understanding teenage eagerness to get in the driver's seat, the Springfield School District recently doubled the number of its summer driver-education classes. But laws making it harder for teens to earn their licenses mean more classes won't necessarily speed up the process, says the district's... Read more... Editorial: This group earned pink slips, not raises Only a governor operating in left field and a legislature operating in the financial twilight zone could subject Illinois residents to such governmental ineptitude as we witnessed this summer and then give themselves a raise... Read more... Spending measure signed But school construction money can't be spent A half hour before it would have become law anyway, Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed a supplemental spending bill that contains money to give lawmakers and other top officials, including himself, a 10 percent pay raise. However, Rochester and 22 other school districts hoping to tap into... Read more... Opinion: Do high school students have free-speech rights? WASHINGTON -- In January 2002, in Juneau, Alaska, Joseph Frederick had the sort of idea that makes a teenager seem like one of nature's mistakes. Last month, after five years and the attention of 13 federal judges, Frederick became a footnote in constitutional history... Read more... House passes spending bill WASHINGTON - A bill filled with money for job training, health and education faces a veto from President Bush, who complains that Democratic add-ons have made it too expensive. Some of the president's fellow Republicans, worried about re-election, say it's actually too skimpy. The bill, containing $152 billion for social programs including special education... Read more... Editorial: Real desegregation In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that public schools could no longer use race as a determining factor in assigning students. The ruling was somewhat murky, since... Read more... Ruling on schools spurs talks Evanston-Skokie to review admissions In light of a recent Supreme Court ruling striking down two school integration programs, Evanston-Skokie School District 65 officials are expected Monday to consider using a pupil's socioeconomic background, rather than race, as a... Read more... Schools' race policies banned SUPREME COURT | Conservative justices limit how districts can force racial integration WASHINGTON -- A half-century after the Supreme Court outlawed segregated schools, sharply divided justices clamped new limits Thursday on local school efforts to make sure children of different races... Read more... Race ruling may affect magnet schools Chicago kids who want to go to the city's prized magnet schools may well be affected by Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court race ruling... Read more... Letter to the Editor: High court undoing First Amendment The chipping away of our freedoms by the U.S. Supreme Court continues. In a recent freedom of speech case, the court upheld the suspension of a high school student by the school principal because he held up a banner that read... Read more... New Illinois truancy law clashes with federal law Rule change would punish chronic truants by taking away their driving privileges. Read more... Illinois lawmakers call for overhaul of state constitution Frustrated Illinois lawmakers on Thursday approved a resolution slamming their own stewardship of government and calling on citizens to intervene by overhauling the state constitution. Read more... Lawmakers OK school start with chance to pray It's not prayer in schools, but legislation approved by lawmakers Thursday would mandate that students take a moment of silent reflection before commencing each school day. Read more... |
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