by pddg_admin | Mar 14, 2019 | Legal Developments and News
California Attorney General Xavier Bacerra recently sent a letter to schools throughout the State regarding their legal obligations under California law to administer student discipline without discriminating on the basis of race, sex, disability, national origin, or...
by pddg_admin | Mar 11, 2019 | Legal Developments and News
The April 1 deadline for public education agency officials and employees required to file a 2018 Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) is fast approaching. Now is the time to brush up on your understanding of the financial interests to be reported on the...
by pddg_admin | Mar 7, 2019 | Legal Developments and News
Schools and community college districts are well aware of the right of the public to request inspection or disclosure of district records under the California Public Records Act (CPRA). The CPRA provides limited exceptions from these disclosure obligations, and...
by pddg_admin | Feb 25, 2019 | Legal Developments and News
The California Court of Appeal recently addressed the adequacy of a developer fee justification study that a school district must prepare before imposing Level 1 developer fees. (Summerhill Winchester LLC v. Campbell Union School District (2018) 30 Cal.App.5th 545.)...
by pddg_admin | Feb 20, 2019 | Press Releases
San Francisco, CA – Dannis Woliver Kelley, California’s premier education law firm, is very pleased to announce that Keith J. Bray, Meredith B. Johnson, William F. Schuetz, Jr. and Ellen C. Wu have been elevated to Shareholders of the firm. Dannis Woliver Kelley...
by pddg_admin | Feb 6, 2019 | Legal Developments and News
Last week, a California appellate court validated a local agency’s special tax calculated on the basis of square footage of improved structures. In Dondlinger v. Los Angeles County Regional Park & Open Space District (2019) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2019 WL 395177], the...
by pddg_admin | Jan 22, 2019 | Legal Developments and News
School or community college districts planning a publically offered bond issue this year and beyond, take note! As of February 27, 2019, the securities disclosure rules have changed, and public agencies must thereafter commit to disclosing to the bond market...
by pddg_admin | Jan 3, 2019 | Legal Developments and News
At the request of the Lassen County District Attorney, the California Attorney General (“AG”) considered and unequivocally concluded in an opinion released on December 26, 2018, that charter schools are required by existing law to comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act...
by pddg_admin | Jan 2, 2019 | Legal Developments and News
A recent ruling by the California Court of Appeal upheld the constitutionality of Senate Bill No. 277 (SB 277), which in 2016 removed the personal belief exemption to California’s immunization requirements for children in schools and child care facilities. The...
by pddg_admin | Jan 1, 2019 | Legal Developments and News
Effective January 1, 2019, school districts must competitively bid, pursuant to Public Contract code section 20111(a), contracts involving an expenditure of more than $92,600 for any of the following: Equipment, materials, or supplies furnished, sold, or leased to the...
