UPDATE: California Supreme Court to Review Whether Financing Is Required to Validate Lease-Leaseback Contracts

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

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

• Charter Schools
• Litigation

Supreme Court Pulls Citizenship Census Question, For Now

• Litigation

Court Rejects District Liability for Use of Facilities at Carnival

• Business and Property
• Construction
• Litigation

Student Discipline Upheld for Off-Campus Threats

• Students and Special Education

Court Refunds Developer Fee Due to Inadequate Fee Study

• Business and Property
• Construction

Per-Square Foot Parcel Taxes Upheld By Court Of Appeal

• Business and Property
• Public Finance

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

Court Affirms Reasonable Limits On Public Comment

• Board Ethics, Transparency and Accountability

No Immunity For Schools Hosting Sports Events

• Students and Special Education
• Litigation
• Business and Property
• Construction

Governing Board Meeting Prayer Held Unconstitutional

• Board Ethics, Transparency and Accountability

DWK Guidance Constitutional Privacy, the CPRA and EERA: Navigating Post-Janus Legal Opinions and Demands

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

Janus v. AFSCME and SB 866 Compliance – DWK’s New and Expanded Responses to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s)

• Labor, Employment and Personnel

New California Laws Effective Immediately on the Processing of Union Dues, Mass Communications Regarding Union Membership, and New Employee Orientations

• Labor, Employment and Personnel

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Agency Fees Unconstitutional in Janus v. AFSCME

• Labor, Employment and Personnel