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...
by pddg_admin | Dec 5, 2018 | Legal Developments and News
Numerous clients have asked Dannis Woliver Kelley attorneys whether the President’s December 1, 2018 “Executive Order” and “Presidential Proclamation,” remembering and honoring President H.W. Bush, require school districts and community college districts to close...
by pddg_admin | Oct 31, 2018 | Legal Developments and News
The non-profit organization Fix School Discipline continues its policy work to reduce what they call “harsh, push-out discipline practices” with positive and productive alternatives. The Mini-Toolkit aims to change discipline practices from all angles, including by...
