The 2012 Edition of ILLINOIS SCHOOL LAW: ORGANIZATION, FINANCE, AND PROPERTY provides an up-to-date, in-depth look at the powers of and issues facing school boards and community college boards, including civil rights litigation, tort liability, construction, property, finance, elections, and technology in education, all with a wealth of practical tips and insightful analysis drawn from the experience of the authors. It is an invaluable one-stop repository of insights, practice recommendations, forms, and procedures. The most efficient and effective path for the legal practitioner in this area, when faced with the proper analysis of legal concern related to our public education system, begins in the chapters of this book. Editable forms are included for use in your own practice.

ILLINOIS SCHOOL LAW; ORGANIZATION, FINANCE, AND PROPERTY
2012 Edition with Forms on CD

Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C., Chicago, General Editor
Scott F. Uhler, Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Ltd., Chicago, General Editor

Chapter 1 — Creation, Dissolution, and Boundary Changes
Brandon K. Wright, Miller, Tracy, Braun, Funk & Miller, Ltd., Monticello

Chapter 2 — School Board Practices, Procedures, and Elections
Michael J. Duggan and Gregory T. Smith, Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Ltd., and J. Todd Faulkner and Brian P. Crowley, Franczek Radelet P.C., Chicago

Chapter 3 — Community Colleges
Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer and James D. Rock, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C., Chicago

Chapter 4 — School Finance
Raymond A. Hauser and John M. Izzo, Sraga Hauser, LLC, Flossmoor

Chapter 5 — Issue and Sale of School Bonds, Warrants, and Notes
Lynda K. Given and Anjali Vij, Chapman and Cutler LLP, Chicago

Chapter 6 — Contracts and Intergovernmental Cooperation
Terrence M. Barnicle, Scott F. Uhler, and Jason A. Guisinger, Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Ltd., Chicago

Chapter 7 — School Property and Environmental Issues
Kenneth M. Florey, Howard A. Metz, and Samuel B. Cavnar, Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd., Chicago

Chapter 8 — Construction
Derke J. Price, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C., Chicago

Chapter 9 — Education Technology
James D. Rock and Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C., Chicago

Chapter 10 — Tort Liability of School Districts
Phillip A. Luetkehans, Brian J. Armstrong, and Stephanie J. Luetkehans, Schirott, Luetkehans & Garner, P.C., Itasca

Chapter 11 — Civil Rights Litigation
John M. Izzo, Sraga Hauser, LLC, Flossmoor, Todd K. Hayden, Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd., Mokena, and Patrick J. Broncato, Assistant Superintendent of Personnel and Administrative Services, Woodridge School District 68, Woodridge

Chapter 12 — School Elections
Hon. Mathias W. Delort, Associate Judge, Chancery Division, Circuit Court of Cook County,Chicago, and Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C., Chicago

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