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Law club provides new opportunities for involvement

Law club provides new opportunities for involvement

Justine Liu
March 17, 2023

As the sun blazed and a breeze wafted through the summer air, sophomore Sarina Harjani had an idea: Law Club at South. This past summer, Harjani gathered a group of friends and together they became the...

RAMBUNCTIOUS RAUNER: Holding a newly signed law, Governor Bruce Rauner smiles. Rauner passed a new budget for Illinois that included cutting P.E. requirements in public schools.

Illinois passes new law, reduces P.E. requirements

Chaerim Park and Isabella Albrecht
March 16, 2018

In an attempt to reduce costs in school districts, Illinois passed a new legislation in Aug. of 2017 changing the budget for Illinois schools, according to the Chicago Tribune. One component of the law...

New Year, New Laws

John Schurer, co-news editor
February 5, 2016

As 2016 begins, here are three of the 237 new Illinois state laws everyone should be aware of. PET PROTECTION PROGRAM The state’s Humane Care for Animals Act was recently amended to provide that “no...

Illinois Lifeline Law protects underage drinkers

Illinois Lifeline Law protects underage drinkers

Maeve Plunkett, staff reporter
February 5, 2016

The Lifeline Law, of Illinois, which gives immunity from legal prosecution to underage drinkers who call 9-1-1 for themselves or a friend, will take effect on June 1. The legislation had been brought...

South pilots student growth component of teacher evaluation

South pilots student growth component of teacher evaluation

John Schurer and Grace Shin
February 5, 2016

After the Illinois State Board of Education formally mandated the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) in February 2014, public schools began preparations for a “student growth component” as part...

CONCUSSION DISCUSSION: Lying face down on the basketball court during a game on Jan. 13, sophomore Lauren Meier struggles with a head inury, later diagnosed as a concussion. By the next school year, Illinois middle and high schools must fit concussion management to state standards, according to the Youth Sports Concussion Safety Act.

State requires new concussion regulations

CASSIDY FORONDA and SAVERA ZULFIQAR
February 5, 2016

Illinois middle and high schools will be required to adjust their concussion management to state standards, by the 2016-2017 school year, as mandated by the Youth Sports Concussion Safety Act. The act’s...

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