The Seventh Circuit Upholds School District’s Denial of Parent Volunteer Application Based on Criminal History – Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn

The Seventh Circuit Upholds School District’s Denial of Parent Volunteer Application Based on Criminal History – Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn

In Henson v. Dwight Common School District No. 232, the Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a parent’s lawsuit challenging the district’s policy that barred him from volunteering at his child’s school because of his criminal history. The parent initially asserted procedural due process, equal protection, and Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act (“UCIA”) claims and later amended his complaint to pursue substantive due process, equal …