Countdown to the Bond: Are You Planning a 2020 Bond Election?

2019 Legislative and Case Law Highlights – K-12 School Districts

Assembly Bill 48 Places “Proposition 13,” a $15 Billion Statewide School Facilities Bond Measure, on March 2020 Ballot

Dismissal of Student’s Section 504 Claims Against the Department of Education Upheld

Education Budget Trailer Bill (SB No. 75) Changes Charter School Admission, Enrollment, and LCAP Requirements, Among Others

Court Affirms Significant Public Interest in Compelling Compliance with Charter Schools Act

• Charter Schools
• Litigation

Supreme Court Pulls Citizenship Census Question, For Now

• Litigation

DWK Shareholder Marilyn J. Cleveland Retires

Pending Changes to the California State Preschool Program

CCSESA Issues Report and Recommendations for Improving California Charter Schools

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

Court Rejects District Liability for Use of Facilities at Carnival

• Business and Property
• Construction
• Litigation

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

Student Discipline Upheld for Off-Campus Threats

• Students and Special Education

California Attorney General Issues New Guidance on Discrimination in School Discipline

Will You Be Filing a Form 700?

Recent California Public Record Act Developments

Court Refunds Developer Fee Due to Inadequate Fee Study

• Business and Property
• Construction

Dannis Woliver Kelley Elevations and Announcements

Per-Square Foot Parcel Taxes Upheld By Court Of Appeal

• Business and Property
• Public Finance

New SEC Reporting Requirements Take Effect Soon for Bond Issuances

California Attorney General Concludes Charter Schools Are Subject to the Same Public Integrity Statutes Applicable to Traditional Public Schools and Districts

• Board Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
• Charter Schools

Another California Court of Appeal Upholds Mandated Vaccinations as Constitutional

Increased Contract Bid Thresholds Effective January 1, 2019

President’s Recent Announcements Regarding George H.W. Bush Do Not Entitle Employees to Paid Holiday in California