by pddg_admin | Nov 4, 2015 | Press Releases
San Francisco, CA—DWK is pleased and excited to announce that founding member Gregory J. Dannis has been re-elected to the Hillsborough City School District Board of Trustees. Greg and his slate of fellow incumbents Margi Power and Gilbert Wai pulled together all...
by pddg_admin | Oct 26, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
With November quickly approaching, school districts will soon be receiving facilities requests from charter schools within their boundaries. The annual request cycle for charter schools seeking district facilities starts November 1 each year. School districts with...
by pddg_admin | Oct 6, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
The Attorney General’s Office recently opined that the Brown Act’s exception allowing discussion of labor negotiations in closed session is exclusively for discussions concerning agency employees. The exception may not be used for discussions concerning individuals...
by pddg_admin | Oct 2, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
On October 1, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 375, which requires school districts to provide differential pay to certificated employees who take maternity or paternity leave. Differential pay is the difference between an absent employee’s salary and the amount...
by pddg_admin | Sep 28, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
The United States Departments of Education (DOE) and Health and Human Services (HHS) have issued a policy statement on inclusion of children with disabilities in early childhood programs. The policy statement sets a vision and provides recommendations to states and...
by pddg_admin | Sep 23, 2015 | Publications
As the November elections quickly approach, now is a good time for a quick review of the “do’s and don’ts” for candidate and measure campaigns. Below are a few of the basic rules districts need to remember, as well as answers to some of the...
by pddg_admin | Sep 16, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
To settle a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against the California Department of Education (CDE) regarding students’ access to federally mandated English learner services, the CDE has recently agreed to improve data collection systems...
by pddg_admin | Sep 11, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
A Court of Appeal has confirmed that there must be sufficient evidence in an administrative record to support a lead agency’s decision to claim a CEQA categorical exemption. In Save Our Schools v. Barstow Unified School District Board of Education (Sept. 2,...
