by pddg_admin | Mar 18, 2016 | Press Releases
San Francisco, CA—DWK is pleased and excited to announce that Bill Schuetz has been appointed to the Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District Board. Following interviews, the Governing Board of the District voted to appoint Bill to fill a mid-term vacancy created by...
by pddg_admin | Mar 18, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
Yesterday, the California Supreme Court resolved a conflict in appellate opinions by ruling that inadvertent disclosure of privileged records by a public entity responding to a California Public Records Act (CPRA) request does not waive the confidentiality of those...
by pddg_admin | Mar 10, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
A California appellate court recently found that where payments for dinners, tickets, travel, and campaign contributions from contractors influenced school district officials’ contracting decisions, the contracts themselves may be void and contractors required to...
by pddg_admin | Mar 4, 2016 | Publications
As charter schools continue to be seen by the public as alternatives to traditional public schools, it has become increasingly important for school district leaders to be aware of the circumstances which may lead to charter schools petitioning the governing board to...
by pddg_admin | Feb 15, 2016 | Publications
Assembly Bill (AB) 375 added section 44977.5 to the Education Code, effective January 1, 2016, to allow certificated employees who have exhausted all available sick leave and continue to be absent while taking a maternity/paternity leave under the California Family...
by pddg_admin | Feb 10, 2016 | Press Releases
San Francisco, CA—Dannis Woliver Kelley, California’s premier education law firm, is pleased to announce that it is opening offices in Sacramento and San Luis Obispo, staffed by ten lawyers joining the firm as of January. Christian Keiner, Roman Muñoz, Marie...
by pddg_admin | Feb 9, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
School districts have seen a recent increase in the number of requests from members of the public to place items on governing board agendas. Recently, an organization requested that districts across the state place a resolution on their board agendas regarding the...
by pddg_admin | Feb 3, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
Addressing concerns over transparency and accountability for fees paid by school and community college districts to bond services professionals, the California Attorney General has opined that certain contract structures for work on general obligation bonds and their...
by pddg_admin | Feb 1, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
Technology can help school and community college districts provide greater public access to information. The Brown Act requires districts with websites to post meeting agendas online for 72 hours before a regular meeting. But technology is not without its glitches,...
