Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board case summary January 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999Education Law, March 2000The underlying complaint alleged that Public Act 89-15 (section 4.5 of the IELRA) violated the plaintiffs' rights under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment because it was a thinly disguised mechanism for racial discrimination and discrimination based on political activity or affiliation, and that it deprived them of their property interest in continued employment without due process.
Veto session updateEducation Law, March 2000Creates the Public Construction Contract Act to mandate that all public construction contracts (excluding the State of Illinois and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District) over $75,000 must contain provisions that allow for contractors to recover increased costs resulting from "unforeseen latent or subsurface conditions.
State legislative updateEducation Law, November 1999This summary of education and related bills passed during the Spring, 1999, session of the Illinois General Assembly was compiled by the legislative committee of the Education Law Section Council. Members of the committee are Marcy Dutton, Racquel Martinez, Julie Hughes and Phil Milsk.
