by pddg_admin | Aug 31, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
Anticipated to begin in October 2015, new school and community college district construction projects will be subject to the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO). MWELO will apply to planning, designing, installing, maintaining and managing water...
by pddg_admin | Aug 31, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
Senate Bill No. 725 (SB 725), as codified by Education Code section 60851.1, provides that the California High School Exit Exam shall not be required as a condition of receiving a diploma of graduation, or a condition of graduation from high school for a student...
by pddg_admin | Aug 27, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
The California Supreme Court has denied petitions to review Davis v. Fresno Unified School District (2015) 237 Cal.App.4th 261. As a result, the Court of Appeal decision will remain good law in California. Background On June 1, 2015, a California Court of Appeal held,...
by pddg_admin | Aug 26, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
The California Supreme Court acted today on the Davis v. Fresno USD lease-leaseback case, as follows: The Court denied the petitions to review the Davis case; and The Court denied the requests to de-publish the Davis case. The import of this action is that the Davis...
by pddg_admin | Aug 24, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
1. San Bernardino County v. Superior Court (2015) ____ Cal.Rptr.3d ____ [2015 WL 4882569] 2. Colonies Partners, L.P. v. Superior Court (2015) ____ Cal.Rptr.3d ____ [2015 WL 4882566] In two separate decisions, based on the same facts, the appellate court held...
by pddg_admin | Aug 21, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
Starting January 1, 2016, school districts using the lease-leaseback project delivery method must: (1) comply with mandatory prequalification requirements, regardless of funding source, and (2) meet escalating skilled labor requirements. As discussed below, these...
by pddg_admin | Aug 12, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
School districts are often confused about the proper procedures for agendizing a closed session meeting with legal counsel on matters related to pending, potential, or threatened litigation. In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal rejected a hyper-technical reading...
by pddg_admin | Aug 5, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
Last Friday, a California Court of Appeal held that inadvertent disclosure of privileged records by a school district responding to a California Public Records Act (CPRA) request did not waive the confidentiality of those records. (Newark Unified School District v....
by pddg_admin | Jul 15, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
Continuing its recent trend of weighing in on questions surrounding the California Public Records Act (CPRA), last week the California Supreme Court decided to hear a case involving the need for public agencies to disclose billing invoices provided by outside...
by pddg_admin | Jul 2, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
In a recent decision, Westchester Secondary Charter School v. Los Angeles Unified School District(June 19, 2015, B261234) ___ Cal.App.4th ___ [14 C.D.O.S. 6555], the Court of Appeal recognized that Proposition 39 is not intended to put charter schools in a privileged...
