Adjusted Bid Thresholds for Contracts Effective January 1, 2023

Court Holds that High School Stadium Lighting Project Is Not Categorically Exempt from CEQA Review

Inconsistently Applied Ban on Students’ Adornment of Graduation Cap Violates First Amendment, Ninth Circuit Rules

2022 Legislative and Case Law Highlights – K-12 School Districts

Court Clarifies Use of State School Facility Funds Received after Construction of Approved Project

Options For Remote Board Meetings Changing In 2023

Pay-to-Play Restrictions Coming to District Officials Next Year

Update: Vaccine Verification for Workers in Schools public health order to be rescinded on September 17, 2022

School Districts Not Subject To Unruh Act Damages, California Supreme Court Confirms

Blocking Constituents From Official Social Media Accounts Implicates First Amendment Protections

Use of Piggyback Contracts for Modular School Facilities Deemed Ineligible by SAB for State Funding from SAB Administered Programs

Supreme Court Overturns Discipline of Football Coach Who Prayed Midfield After Games

Supreme Court Overturns Discipline of Football Coach Who Prayed Midfield After Games

School Districts Not Required to Return Unused State Hardship Funds Resulting from Project Savings

Swift Legislative Action Removes Public College Enrollment as a Separate Consideration under CEQA for Public Higher Education Campus Long-Range Development Plans

Important Updates to Level 1 Development Impact Fees

Capistrano Unified Sch. Dist. v. S.W. and C.W. on behalf of B.W. (9th Cir. 2021) Nos. 20-55961, 20-55987

• Students and Special Education

Steps To Return To Electronic Board Meetings

Got Federal Funds? Don’t Overlook Additional Legal Requirements that May Apply to Expenditures!

New Standards for Fingerprinting Contracting Entities Began on January 1, 2022

• Business and Property
• Construction

Increased Contract Bid Threshold Effective January 1, 2022

Court Upholds No-Bid Contracts for Professional and Special Services

• Business and Property
• Construction

2021 Legislative and Case Law Highlights – K-12 School Districts

District Court Orders California to Reinstate Distance Learning for Group of Disabled Students

• Students and Special Education
• Litigation

Governor Newsom Signs AB 438 – Elaborate and Flawed Layoff Process for Classified Employees