Board of Education, Proviso Township High School District No. 209 v. Jackson

NATURE OF THE CASE AND THE PROCEEDINGS BELOW

Plaintiff, the Board of Education for the Proviso Township High School District No. 209 (the Board), filed a declaratory judgment action in the circuit court of Cook County, seeking to have its fourth amendment to its superintendent’s contract declared null and void because it violated the Illinois School Code (the Code) (105 ILCS 5/10 — 1 et seq. (West 2004)). The circuit court held that the Board complied with the relevant provisions of the Code and that defendant, Gregory Jackson, was entitled to compensation pursuant to the amended contract. The…