Robbins Schwartz is proud to offer our 2025 Title IX Toolkit for Higher Educational Institutions to assist institutions in implementation of the 2020 Title IX regulations. Learn how to purchase the toolkit here.

Read our latest law alert summarizing new executive order developments and their implications for institutions, including key timelines to note.

Robbins Schwartz is proud to offer our 2025 Title IX Toolkit for K-12 Educational Institutions to assist schools in implementation of the 2020 Title IX regulations. Learn how to purchase the toolkit here.

As the 2024-25 school year continues through the winter months, school districts are beginning to plan and review their staffing needs for the 2025-26 school year. In assessing options to address those needs, some school districts may determine it is necessary to implement a reduction-in-force (“RIF”) of its educational support staff, a statutory process driven by The School Code. Many school districts are also likely to be considering the non-reemployment of non-tenured teachers at the end of the 2024-25 school term, or a RIF of teachers, statutory processes that were significantly modified in recent years. Given the various procedural requirements imposed on school districts, we believe an annual reminder of those requirements will be of assistance as districts plan for their future personnel and staffing needs.

Read our latest law alert about additional executive orders and federal guidance affecting educational institutions.

Learn more about Lunar New Year in our latest DEI Spotlight.

Robbins Schwartz is proud to offer our guidance documents and templates to assist Illinois higher education administrators in navigating interactions with immigration officials, in accordance with the executive order titled "Protecting the American People Against Invasion." Learn more here.

Robbins Schwartz is proud to offer our guidance documents and templates to assist K-12 school district administrators in navigating interactions with immigration officials, in accordance with the executive order titled "Protecting the American People Against Invasion." Learn more here.

Within hours of taking office, President Trump issued executive orders impacting educational institutions. Robbins Schwartz attorneys are closely monitoring the executive actions, and have identified two orders that administrators should be aware of.

On January 9th, a federal district court in Kentucky invalidated the 2024 Title IX regulations nationwide, ruling them unlawful for exceeding the Department of Education's authority, violating the Constitution, and being arbitrarily and capriciously enacted. Read more here.