On Tuesday, Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law that bans cellphones in public schools statewide.
The former superintendent of Evanston-Skokie School District 65 has been indicted in federal court and is accused of misusing funds while working for the district.
Police in Northern California say a possible school shooting was prevented due to a tip line that led to the detainment of a student who shared questionable material online.
California will be the first state to ban most law enforcement from covering their faces while conducting official business under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Texas is the third state where courts have blocked recent laws about putting the Ten Commandments in schools.
A new Arkansas law requiring public classrooms to display the Ten Commandments cannot be enforced in a handful of the state's largest school districts, a federal judge ruled.