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Chapter 1 — Creation, Dissolution, and Boundary Changes

Chapter 2 — School Board Practices, Procedures, and Elections

Chapter 3 — Community Colleges

Chapter 4 — School Finance

Chapter 5 — Issue and Sale of School Bonds, Warrants, and Notes

Chapter 6 — Contracts and Intergovernmental Cooperation

Chapter 7 — School Property and Environmental Issues

Chapter 8 — Construction

Chapter 9 — Education Technology

Chapter 10 — Tort Liability of School Districts

Chapter 11 — Civil Rights Litigation

Chapter 12 — School Elections

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Authors

Brian J. Armstrong
Brian J. Armstrong
No bio available.
Terrence M. Barnicle
Terrence M. Barnicle
Terrence M. Barnicleis a Partner at Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on municipal and school law. Barnicle is a Past Chair of the Standing Home Rule Attorneys Committee of the Illinois Municipal League; a Past Chair of the Local Government Committee of the Chicago Bar Association; and a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award for Lifetime Achievement in Local Government Law over a career from the Illinois Institute for Local Government Law. Barnicle received his B.S. cum laude from Loyola University and his J.D. cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law, where he is a Member and Editor of the Northwestern Law Review.
Patrick J. Broncato
Patrick J. Broncato
No bio available.
Samuel B. Cavnar
Samuel B. Cavnar
Samuel B. Cavnar is a Partner at Robbins Schwartz in Chicago. He is an experienced negotiator of commercial and construction-related contracts and regularly counsels clients in the areas of board governance, bidding, procurement, tort immunity and risk management. Mr. Cavnar has been appointed Special Assistant State’s Attorney in several matters involving construction-related transactions and litigation. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry, the Chicago Bar Associaton, and the Illinois Association of School Business Officials. Mr. Cavnar received his B.A. from Michigan State University and his J.D. from Wayne State University Law School, where he was the Managing Editor of The Wayne Law Review.
Brian P. Crowley
Brian P. Crowley
Brian P. Crowley is a Partner at Franczek P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on education law. In 2017, Crowley was named a Leading Lawyer by Law Bulletin Publishing. He received his B.A. cum laude from Miami University and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Justice (Ret.) Mathias W. Delort
Justice (Ret.) Mathias W. Delort
Justice (Ret.) Mathias W. Delort currently works as an arbitrator, mediator, and administrative law judge. He served as a Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court, First Judicial District for over ten years. During that time, he was Presiding Justice of several of the court’s divisions. Before being elected to the appellate court, he was an associate judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County for five years, serving almost exclusively assigned to the Chancery Division. He has also taught as an adjunct professor at University of Illinois Chicago Law School. Before becoming a judge, he was a partner and head of the Local Government Practice Group at Robbins Schwartz, focusing on local government and election law. In that role, he represented numerous Illinois municipalities and other governmental bodies for over 20 years. He was the primary author of the Mortgage Foreclosure Bench Book published by the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts. As a practicing attorney, he earned the distinction of being named a “Super Lawyer” and a “Leading Lawyer” in the field of cities and municipalities law and as a Local Government Fellow by the International Municipal Lawyers Association. He is the Past Chair of the Constitutional, Election, and Local Government Law Committees of the Chicago Bar Association and is a former member of its Board of Managers. Before being admitted to the bar, he worked on the professional staffs of both the Illinois House of Representatives and the Cook County Board of Commissioners. He has received the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services “Court of Honor” award in recognition of his work as a trial court judge, the Judge Howard Markey award for outstanding judicial service from The UIC John Marshall Law School, and the Robert J. Mangler Distinguished Service Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association. He earned his B.S. cum laude from DePaul University, his M.P.A. (Pi Alpha Alpha honor society) from the University of Illinois, and his J.D. from University of Illinois Chicago Law School, where he received the Dean’s Academic Scholarship.
Michael J. Duggan
Michael J. Duggan
No bio available.
J. Todd Faulkner
J. Todd Faulkner
J. Todd Faulkner is a Partner at Franczek P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in education law. He serves many of the firm’s school district clients as general counsel. Mr. Faulkner has also written extensively on education law, including for the Illinois Association of School Boards, and in 2017, he was named an Advisory Board Member for Law Bulletin Publishing’s Leading and Emerging Lawyers. Mr. Faulkner received his B.A. from Princeton University and his J.D. magna cum laude from DePaul University College of Law.
Kenneth M. Florey
Kenneth M. Florey
Kenneth M. Florey is a Partner at Robbins Schwartz in Chicago, where he focuses his practice in local government and construction law. Florey has been awarded the Illinois Institute for Local Government Law’s Annual Litigation Award and is a member of the American Arbitration Association Arbitrator and Mediator Panels. He has also been named an Illinois Leading Lawyer in the areas of construction law; governmental, municipal, lobby, and administrative law; land use; zoning and condemnation law; and school law. He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law, where he was Managing Editor of the DePaul Journal of Art and Entertainment Law.
Lynda K. Given
Lynda K. Given
Lynda K. Given is a Partner at Chapman and Cutler LLP in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in public finance. She received the Illinois Association of School Business Officials’ 2016 Above and Beyond Award and was named an Illinois Super Lawyer in 2007 – 2014. She is also President of the Board of Directors of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago. Ms. Given received her B.A. magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Miami University and her J.D. from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
Jason A. Guisinger
Jason A. Guisinger
Jason A. Guisinger is a Partner at Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago where he concentrates his practice in municipal law, school law, election law, land use and zoning, and public sector labor and employment law. He is also a regular speaker and author on issues of legal concern to units of local government in the State of Illinois and represents public entities, police officers, firefighters, and public officials in litigation at all levels of state and federal court. He has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer in governmental, municipal, lobbying, and administrative law and election, political, and campaign law. He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the Michigan State University College of Law.
Raymond A. Hauser
Raymond A. Hauser
Raymond A. Hauser is a Partner at Hauser Izzo, LLC, in Flossmoor and Oak Brook, where he focuses his practice on school law. He is a member of the Illinois Association of School Administrators and of both the Illinois and National Council of School Attorneys. Mr. Hauser received his B.A. cum laude from Augustana College and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Todd K. Hayden
Todd K. Hayden
Todd K. Hayden is a Partner at Robbins Schwartz in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in labor and employment law. He was named an Illinois Leading Lawyer in 2025 in employment law: management; labor law: management; school law; and governmental and municipal law. He is a member of the Trial Bar of the United State District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and is admitted to the United States Supreme Court. Hayden received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his J.D. cum laude from Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
John M. Izzo
John M. Izzo
John M. Izzo is a Partner at Petrarca, Gleason, Boyle & Izzo, LLC, in Flossmoor, where he focuses his practice on school, local government, and local government finance law. Mr. Izzo is a member of the Illinois Council of School Attorneys and the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. He received his B.A. summa cum laude from Bradley University and his J.D. cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer
Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer
Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer is an Equity Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Naperville, where she focuses on local government law and election law. Illinois Super Lawyers named her one of the Top 50 Female Attorneys in the State of Illinois, and Leading Lawyers Magazine named her one of the top ten leading women lawyers in government, municipal, lobbying, and administrative law. Krafthefer has been named as a Super Lawyer representing cities and villages for every year that such distinction has been awarded. She received her B.A. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from The UIC John Marshall Law School.
Stephanie J. Luetkehans
Stephanie J. Luetkehans
No bio available.
Phillip A. Luetkehans
Phillip A. Luetkehans
No bio available.
Howard A. Metz
Howard A. Metz
Howard A. Metz is a Partner at Robbins Schwartz, in Chicago, where he focuses on education, commercial, real estate, and construction law. Metz was a member of the Service Associate Advisory Committee of the Illinois Association of School Business Officials (2019 – 2024) and a board member and Vice President of the North Shore School District #112 (2009 – 2014). He received his B.S. from the University of Iowa and his J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was an Executive Board Member of the Moot Court Honor Society.
Derke J. Price
Derke J. Price
Derke J. Price is an Equity Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on local government law. He is a member of the American (member of the Construction Law Forum) and Illinois State Bar Associations and the Construction Specifications Institute. Price received his B.A. from Wheaton College and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
James D. Rock
James D. Rock
James D. Rock is Of Counsel at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on local government. Mr. Rock received his B.S. from Central Michigan University, his M.A. from Northern Illinois University, and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Gregory T. Smith
Gregory T. Smith
Gregory T. Smith is a Partner at Elrod Friedman LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on local government, real estate, and economic development. Mr. Smith received his B.S. with honors from DePaul University and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Scott F. Uhler
Scott F. Uhler
Scott F. Uhleris a Partner at Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in school, municipal, and election law. He is a member of the Illinois Municipal League, the National and Illinois Councils of School Attorneys, and the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association. Uhler received his B.S.W and M.S.W. from the University of Illinois Chicago, and received his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Anjali Vij
Anjali Vij
Anjali Vij is a Partner at Chapman and Cutler LLP, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on public finance. She is a member of the Illinois Association of School Business Officials and the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association. Vij received her B.A. from Northwestern University and her J.D. cum laude from the University of Notre Dame Law School.
Brandon K. Wright
Brandon K. Wright
Brandon K. Wright is a Partner at Miller, Tracy, Braun, Funk & Miller, Ltd., in Monticello, where he focuses his practice on school law. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Illinois Council of School Attorneys and a member of the Special Education Committee of the National School Attorneys Association. Wright received his B.S. summa cum laude from Southern Illinois University, his master’s degree from the University of Illinois, and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.

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Brian J. Armstrong

Terrence M. Barnicle

Patrick J. Broncato

Samuel B. Cavnar

Brian P. Crowley

Justice (Ret.) Mathias W. Delort

Michael J. Duggan

J. Todd Faulkner

Kenneth M. Florey

Lynda K. Given

Jason A. Guisinger

Raymond A. Hauser

Todd K. Hayden

John M. Izzo

Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer

Stephanie J. Luetkehans

Phillip A. Luetkehans

Howard A. Metz

Derke J. Price

James D. Rock

Gregory T. Smith

Scott F. Uhler

Anjali Vij

Brandon K. Wright

School Law (Illinois): Organization, Finance, and Property (ARCHIVED 2012 EDITION)