by pddg_admin | Jun 30, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
The United States Supreme Court held that the Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment protected a coach who engaged in “short, private, personal prayer” during times when employees were free to attend to personal business and that the...
by pddg_admin | Jun 6, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
The California Court of Appeal recently held that a school district receiving hardship funding to build a school was not required to return unused funds resulting from project savings. (San Bernardino City Unified School District v. State Allocation Board (May 24,...
by pddg_admin | Mar 23, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
On Monday, March 14, 2022, the California Legislature passed, and Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law, Senate Bill 118 (SB 118), emergency legislation that amends the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as it applies to a public community college district...
by pddg_admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
School districts are authorized to levy a fee against certain residential and commercial construction within the boundaries of the district, for the purpose of funding the construction or reconstruction of school facilities necessitated by that development. (Ed. Code,...
by pddg_admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
On December 30, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a school district does not need to prepare an individualized education program (“IEP”) for a student whose parents withdraw the student from public school and place in a private school, even if parents...
by pddg_admin | Jan 7, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
With the recent rise in COVID-19 case numbers, some governing boards that had been conducting in-person board meetings in 2021 may be considering returning to electronic meetings without in-person attendance by members of the public. During most of 2021, boards could...
by pddg_admin | Jan 6, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
Three acts of federal relief in response to COVID-19 have been created since 2020: The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (“CRRSA Act”); The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”); and the American Rescue Plan Act...
by pddg_admin | Jan 2, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
On July 9, 2021, the Governor’s signature codified into law Assembly Bill No. 130, the Education Omnibus Budget Trailer Bill. Among many other legal changes, AB 130 replaces existing fingerprinting and background check requirements applicable to contracting entities...
by pddg_admin | Dec 23, 2021 | Legal Developments and News
Effective January 1, 2022, the bid threshold for school district contracts competitively bid pursuant to Public Contract code section 20111(a) has been increased from $96,700 to $99,100. This bid threshold applies to any of the following: Equipment, materials, or...
by pddg_admin | Dec 17, 2021 | Legal Developments and News
The California Court of Appeal recently rejected a taxpayer group’s attempt to invalidate two no-bid contracts between a school district and vendor providing diversity and anti-bias training to educators. (Fair Education Santa Barbara v. Santa Barbara Unified School...
