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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
by pddg_admin | Aug 29, 2016 | Legal Developments and News
Last week, on August 22, 2016, the court issued its ruling in the case of California Building Industry Association (CBIA) v. State Allocation Board (SAB), denying the CBIA’s request for a preliminary injunction, and terminating the temporary restraining order...
