by pddg_admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Legal Developments and News
On March 22, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision clarifying what it means for an individualized education program (IEP) to satisfy the free appropriate public education (FAPE) requirement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)...
by pddg_admin | Mar 15, 2017 | Publications
DWK attorneys hosted a webinar to review this new interpretation of the CPRA and discuss how local education agencies can minimize the impact of the ruling while continuing to comply with the law. Please click here for the handout.
by pddg_admin | Mar 14, 2017 | Publications
Original Air Date: March 8, 2017 DWK’s Sue Ann Salmon Evans was a panelist for the “Charter School Accountability and Oversight” webcast. Charter schools that are open with their governance and accountable to the public, and that provide a meaningful education...
by pddg_admin | Mar 13, 2017 | Legal Developments and News
In Gateway Community Charters v. Heidi Spiess (March 8, 2017, C078677) __Cal.App.5th__ [2017 WL 912073], the Third District Court of Appeal held that charter schools are not “other municipal corporations” for purposes of Labor Code section 220 subdivision (b), and...
by pddg_admin | Mar 2, 2017 | Legal Developments and News
This morning, a unanimous California Supreme Court held that written communications of public officials or employees on their private electronic devices/accounts that involve agency business are public records under the California Public Records Act (CPRA). (City of...
