An Illinois federal district court has ruled that school district officials did not violate a former high school guidance counselor’s First Amendment free speech or his Fourteenth Amendment liberty interest rights when they dismissed him from his employment based on a “self-help” book he published on relationships.
Continue reading...The Kane County Chronicle reports that a Kane County Circuit Court judge has dismissed a suit brought by the Geneva School District against a former school principal charging she violated Illinois’ eavesdropping law.
Continue reading...A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that school district officials in Illinois did not retaliate against a former middle school principal for exercising her First Amendment free speech rights by reporting her predecessor’s misuse of district funds.
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