by pddg_admin | Nov 1, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
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by pddg_admin | Oct 18, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
In Anderson Union High School District v. Shasta Secondary Home School (October 17, 2016, C078491) __ Cal.App.4th __ [2016 WL 6069487] (hereinafter “AUHSD v. Shasta”), the California Court of Appeal affirmatively held that charter schools may not locate outside of...
by pddg_admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
The Legislature has amended the current skilled and trained workforce provisions, clarifying enforcement provisions and consolidating the implementation of the escalating requirement for journeypersons graduating from approved apprenticeship programs between...
by pddg_admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
As each election season approaches, districts and their staff are faced with a myriad of questions regarding campaign and election activity. What information can a district provide to voters? Who can use district facilities and for what election or campaign...
by pddg_admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
The California Department of Education, California Department of Social Services, and the Bureau of Children’s Justice at the California Department of Justice have jointly prepared a “Dear Colleague” letter to address information-sharing protocols...
by pddg_admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
In the interest of improving debt transparency, on September 12, 2016 Governor Brown signed Senate Bill No. 1029 (Hertzberg) which requires local agencies, including school and community college districts, to certify that they have adopted local debt policies and that...
by pddg_admin | Sep 29, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
Greg Dannis, his fellow Hillsborough City School District Board of Trustees, and Anthony Ranii, Superintendent of Hillsborough City School District were at North Hillsborough School this morning welcoming Astronaut Scott Kelly as he talked to the kids about his year...
by pddg_admin | Sep 27, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
Governor Brown signed AB 2316 yesterday, changing the requirements for entering into Lease-Leaseback contracts. Although the amendments do not address the financing component raised in Davis v. Fresno Unified School District (2015) 237 Cal. App. 4th 261, they do: ...
by pddg_admin | Sep 22, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
In a recent published decision, a California court of appeal held that Marin County did not violate its employees’ “vested right” to a pension when it altered the pensions available to current employees upon retirement. (Marin Association of Public Employees vs....
by pddg_admin | Sep 20, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
On September 19, a Northern California Superior Court rejected a challenge to the teacher evaluation procedures of 13 school districts. Plaintiffs in Doe v. Antioch Unified School District argued that the school districts failed to properly use student test data in...
