Countdown to the Bond is a multi-part series of advisories designed to help school and community college districts navigate their way to a successful November 2018 bond election and capital program, beginning about a year ahead.
2017 Legislation & Case Law Highlights: Legal Developments of Interest for K-12 School Districts
The New Year brings with it a host of new and amended laws that will affect school bonds and bond elections. Many of these revisions took effect on January 1, 2018, and some will change the way districts plan to incur debt, hold elections, and report debt activities to the public.
Assembly Bill 670 (Thurmond) amends Education Code section 45103 to include part-time playground positions as part of the classified service, effective January 1, 2018. Here are DWK Responses to some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s).
For charter authorizers, these consortia sessions are interactive roundtable-style discussions of critical issues, and provide all participants with a chance to share their own dilemmas, challenges, frustrations and successes with their local colleagues, while getting legal answers to pressing questions about charter schools.
