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Significant Changes to Lease-Leaseback

by pddg_admin | Sep 27, 2016 | Legal Developments and News

Governor Brown signed AB 2316 yesterday, changing the requirements for entering into Lease-Leaseback contracts.  Although the amendments do not address the financing component raised in Davis v. Fresno Unified School District (2015) 237 Cal. App. 4th 261, they do: ...

Public Education Employers May Adjust Retirement Benefits for Current Employees

by pddg_admin | Sep 22, 2016 | Legal Developments and News

In a recent published decision, a California court of appeal held that Marin County did not violate its employees’ “vested right” to a pension when it altered the pensions available to current employees upon retirement.  (Marin Association of Public Employees vs....

Districts Defend Teacher Evaluations From Challenge

by pddg_admin | Sep 20, 2016 | Legal Developments and News

On September 19, a Northern California Superior Court rejected a challenge to the teacher evaluation procedures of 13 school districts.  Plaintiffs in Doe v. Antioch Unified School District argued that the school districts failed to properly use student test data in...

Settlement Requires State to Improve Monitoring of Services to EL Students

by pddg_admin | Sep 13, 2016 | Legal Developments and News

The United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) recently announced it reached a settlement agreement with the California Department of Education (CDE) and California State Board of Education (Board) regarding monitoring and oversight of services to students identified...

School District May Discipline Students for Off-Campus Conduct Occurring After School, Given Sufficient Nexus

by pddg_admin | Sep 9, 2016 | Legal Developments and News

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a school district did not violate a student’s First Amendment speech rights by suspending him for off-campus behavior that occurred after school in C.R. v. Eugene School District 4J, No. 13-35856 (9th Cir. 2016). C.R. was...

The Ninth Circuit’s Latest Decision on Special Education Eligibility

by pddg_admin | Sep 8, 2016 | Legal Developments and News

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in L.J. v. Pittsburg Unified School District, No. 14-16139 (9th Cir. 2016) that a school district wrongfully denied a student eligibility for special education services when it failed to account for the impact of the numerous...
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