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,...
by pddg_admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has temporarily suspended the submission of certified payroll records (CPRs) to the eCPR system, after receiving numerous reports of problems uploading CPRs to the eCPR system. DIR expects that system upgrades will be...
by pddg_admin | Jan 14, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
California Public Records Act (CPRA) requests frequently seek email correspondence between district officials and/or governing board members. Recently, a California court held that where such records related to a cabinet member’s complaints about a superintendent,...
by pddg_admin | Jan 11, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
Similar to the California Department of Education’s recent bid threshold increase for school districts, the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office has announced that the bid threshold for community college districts will be increased to $87,800...
