by pddg_admin | Aug 26, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
On August 4, 2022, the California Supreme Court held that school districts may not be held liable for damages for civil rights violations under the Unruh Civil Rights Act. (Brennon B. v. Superior Court (2022) __ Cal.5th __ ([Case No. S266254].) While the Unruh Act...
by pddg_admin | Aug 17, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
As more public agencies and officials maintain social media accounts for sharing and reporting public business, questions have arisen about what restrictions officials may impose on how constituents follow or interact with those accounts. Recently, the Ninth Circuit...
by pddg_admin | Jul 7, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
July 7, 2022 On June 22, 2022, the State Allocation Board (SAB) took action to reaffirm and enforce its position that school districts using piggyback contracts for certain modular facilities projects are ineligible for state funding reimbursement from...
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...
