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Failure to Post Agenda Online Due to Technical Difficulties Does Not Violate the Brown Act

by pddg_admin | Feb 1, 2016 | Legal Developments and News

Technology can help school and community college districts provide greater public access to information.  The Brown Act requires districts with websites to post meeting agendas online for 72 hours before a regular meeting.  But technology is not without its glitches,...

DIR Suspends Electronic Submission of Certified Payroll Records

by pddg_admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Legal Developments and News

The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has temporarily suspended the submission of certified payroll records (CPRs) to the eCPR system, after receiving numerous reports of problems uploading CPRs to the eCPR system.  DIR expects that system upgrades will be...

Internal Emails Regarding Cabinet Member Complaints May Be Disclosable Public Records

by pddg_admin | Jan 14, 2016 | Legal Developments and News

California Public Records Act (CPRA) requests frequently seek email correspondence between district officials and/or governing board members.  Recently, a California court held that where such records related to a cabinet member’s complaints about a superintendent,...

Bid Threshold Increased for 2016 Community College Contracts

by pddg_admin | Jan 11, 2016 | Legal Developments and News

Similar to the California Department of Education’s recent bid threshold increase for school districts, the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office has announced that the bid threshold for community college districts will be increased to $87,800...

Celebrating 40 Years of Effective Legal Counsel

by pddg_admin | Jan 1, 2016 | Legal Developments and News

Bid Threshold Increased for 2016 District Contracts

by pddg_admin | Dec 30, 2015 | Legal Developments and News

The California Department of Education has announced that the bid threshold for school districts will be increased to $87,800 for certain contracts as defined in Public Contract Code section 20111(a), effective January 1, 2016. In 2015, school and community college...
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