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...
by pddg_admin | Mar 1, 2017 | Legal Developments and News
Under a state law that takes effect next year, the large majority of school and community college districts that hold governing board elections in odd years will need to shift those elections to even years. Senate Bill 415 (“SB 415”) requires all local agencies that...
by pddg_admin | Feb 27, 2017 | Legal Developments and News
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court enunciated a new rule regarding parents’ obligation to exhaust their administrative remedies under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) when they file suit alleging disability discrimination under other federal...
