by pddg_admin | May 21, 2019 | Legal Developments and News
In April 2019, the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA) released the final report on recommendations to improve charter school outcomes and accountability, including suggestions for improving authorizer resources and training,...
by pddg_admin | May 21, 2019 | Legal Developments and News
On May 13, 2019, Equality California Institute published the Safe and Supportive Schools Report Card, an analysis of their rating of school districts’ LBGTQ policies in the areas of school climate, curriculum, cultural competency training, suicide prevention, and...
by pddg_admin | May 13, 2019 | Legal Developments and News
A California appellate court recently examined the scope of liability for injuries that occurred when third-parties were using school district property pursuant to the Civic Center Act. (Grossman v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (2019) 33 Cal.App.5th...
by pddg_admin | Mar 21, 2019 | Legal Developments and News
In a recent unpublished decision, Oliver C. v. State of Hawaii Department of Education, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a District Court ruling that a child’s administrative assignment to a new school did not constitute a change in the child’s “current...
by pddg_admin | Mar 20, 2019 | Legal Developments and News
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the expulsion of a student who was disciplined for credible, identifiable, threats of school violence that were made off-campus. (McNeil v. Sherwood School District, 19 C.D.O.S. 2353) The Court held the school district in...
