by pddg_admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Legal Developments and News
On March 22, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision clarifying what it means for an individualized education program (IEP) to satisfy the free appropriate public education (FAPE) requirement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)...
by pddg_admin | Mar 15, 2017 | Publications
DWK attorneys hosted a webinar to review this new interpretation of the CPRA and discuss how local education agencies can minimize the impact of the ruling while continuing to comply with the law. Please click here for the handout.
by pddg_admin | Mar 14, 2017 | Publications
Original Air Date: March 8, 2017 DWK’s Sue Ann Salmon Evans was a panelist for the “Charter School Accountability and Oversight” webcast. Charter schools that are open with their governance and accountable to the public, and that provide a meaningful education...
by pddg_admin | Mar 13, 2017 | Legal Developments and News
In Gateway Community Charters v. Heidi Spiess (March 8, 2017, C078677) __Cal.App.5th__ [2017 WL 912073], the Third District Court of Appeal held that charter schools are not “other municipal corporations” for purposes of Labor Code section 220 subdivision (b), and...
by pddg_admin | Mar 2, 2017 | Legal Developments and News
This morning, a unanimous California Supreme Court held that written communications of public officials or employees on their private electronic devices/accounts that involve agency business are public records under the California Public Records Act (CPRA). (City of...
by pddg_admin | Mar 1, 2017 | Legal Developments and News
Under a state law that takes effect next year, the large majority of school and community college districts that hold governing board elections in odd years will need to shift those elections to even years. Senate Bill 415 (“SB 415”) requires all local agencies that...
by pddg_admin | Feb 27, 2017 | Legal Developments and News
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court enunciated a new rule regarding parents’ obligation to exhaust their administrative remedies under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) when they file suit alleging disability discrimination under other federal...
by pddg_admin | Feb 14, 2017 | Legal Developments and News
Dannis Woliver Kelley stands behind the school districts and communities affected by the Oroville Dam emergency. Several school districts in the area have been closed and over 180,000 people were forced to evacuate after officials found erosion at the emergency...
by pddg_admin | Jan 30, 2017 | Legal Developments and News
Administration of local parcel taxes is generally left to the discretion of school and community college districts; however, as of January 1, 2017, two new laws require changes in the way that many districts administer their parcel taxes: AB 1891 requires that...
by pddg_admin | Jan 26, 2017 | Legal Developments and News
In San Jose Unified School District v. Santa Clara County Office of Education (Jan. 24, 2017, H041088) __Cal.App.5th__ [2017 WL 345136], the California Court of Appeal held that county boards of education do not have legal authority to exempt charter schools from...
