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Update: Financing Essential for Lease-Leaseback Contracts to be Eligible for Validation, Otherwise Disgorgement May be Available After Project Completion

by pddg_admin | Dec 3, 2020 | Legal Developments and News

California’s Fifth Appellate District issued a new opinion in a long-running court battle over the legality of school district lease-leaseback construction contracts. (Davis v. Fresno Unified School District (Cal. Ct. App., Nov. 24, 2020, No. F079811) 2020 WL 6882737...

Court Upholds Developer Fees on Residential Project that Developer Argued Would Not Generate Students

by pddg_admin | Nov 18, 2020 | Legal Developments and News

The California Court of Appeal recently addressed whether a school district may impose developer fees on a residential construction project even when the developer contends the project will not generate any new district students. (AMCAL Chico LLC v. Chico Unified...

2020 Legislative and Case Law Highlights – K-12 School Districts

by pddg_admin | Nov 10, 2020 | Publications

Click Here to View the 2020 Legislative Bulletin.

U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Guidance

by pddg_admin | Nov 7, 2020 | Legal Developments and News

On September 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued updated guidance to address the potential for discrimination on the basis of disability as schools begin to reopen for in-person instruction. In a series of questions and...

New Law Authorizes Issuance of Retroactive Diplomas to Seniors Prevented from Graduation on Time by the Covid-19 Crisis

by pddg_admin | Oct 24, 2020 | Legal Developments and News

On September 11, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1350 (Gonzalez), which amends Section 51430 of the Education Code to authorize school districts, county offices of education and charter schools to retroactively grant a high school diploma to any student who was...
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