New Ruling With Potential Impacts On Lease-Leaseback Contract Validation – Court Holds Proposed Public Contract That Did Not Include The Payment Amount Was Not Subject To Validation

• Business and Property
• Construction
• Board Ethics, Transparency and Accountability

At-Large Elections Remain Subject to Challenge Under Supreme Court Ruling

• Board Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
• Litigation

Breaking News: District Parcel Tax Based on Square Footage with a Cap is Legal

• Business and Property
• Construction
• Public Finance

Charter School Developments: Education Omnibus Budget Trailer Bill and Lawsuit Decisions on Charter Petition Denials

• Charter Schools

California Supreme Court: Lease-Leaseback Construction Contract Without Financing Component Not Protected By Limited Challenge Period

• Business and Property
• Construction
• Public Finance

Court Holds Contractor Responsible for Performance-Based Specifications Despite Public Contract Code Requirements

• Business and Property
• Construction

Supreme Court Rules Students Need Not Exhaust Administrative Remedies When Seeking Only Damages Under the ADA

• Students and Special Education

Senate Bill No. 216 – Concrete, Asbestos Abatement, Heating and Air Conditioning, and Tree Service Contractors Now Required To Carry Workers’ Compensation Insurance Even If They Don’t Have Employees

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

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

• Business and Property
• Construction

Court Upholds No-Bid Contracts for Professional and Special Services

• Business and Property
• Construction

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

• Students and Special Education
• Litigation

Must School Districts Verify Contractor and Vendor Vaccination Status?

• Business and Property
• Construction

Electronic Board Meeting Authority Extended, with New Requirements

• Board Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
• Litigation

Supreme Court Rules on Schools’ Ability to Discipline for Off-Campus Speech

• Students and Special Education
• Litigation

Update: Financing Essential for Lease-Leaseback Contracts to be Eligible for Validation, Otherwise Disgorgement May be Available After Project Completion

• Business and Property
• Construction

Court Upholds Developer Fees on Residential Project that Developer Argued Would Not Generate Students

• Business and Property
• Construction

New Exhaustion IDEA Case Ruling

• Students and Special Education

Federal Appellate Court Rejects Challenge to Curriculum Standards

• Students and Special Education
• Litigation

Restraining Order Upheld for Threatening Comments at Public Meetings

• Labor, Employment and Personnel
• Board Ethics, Transparency and Accountability

Appeals Court Upholds Counselor’s Dismissal for Immoral Comments on Student Protests

• Labor, Employment and Personnel
• Students and Special Education

Court Narrows Application Of California Voting Rights Act

• Board Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
• Litigation

Public Records Act’s Cost Recovery Provision Narrowed By California Supreme Court

• Board Ethics, Transparency and Accountability

Federal Appeals Court Holds Students Have a Constitutional Right to an Education

• Students and Special Education

Ninth Circuit Affirms District’s Use of Communication Plan to Address Aggressive Parent Communication

• Students and Special Education