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Pending Changes to the California State Preschool Program

by pddg_admin | Jun 26, 2019 | Legal Developments and News

In the past, California state preschool programs operated by school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools under contract with the California Department of Education were subject to Department of Social Services licensing and inspection...

CCSESA Issues Report and Recommendations for Improving California Charter Schools

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,...

Equality California Survey Shows California Schools Aren’t Consistently Implementing Laws Protecting LGBTQ Kids

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...

Court Rejects District Liability for Use of Facilities at Carnival

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...

Ninth Circuit Affirms that a Change in Location is Not a Change in Placement Under the IDEA

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In a recent unpublished decision, Oliver C. v. State of Hawaii Department of Education, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a District Court ruling that a child’s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...

Student Discipline Upheld for Off-Campus Threats

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...
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