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Prevention Training: Supporting Gender Nonconforming Students at School

With the increasing awareness of gender nonconformance and fluidity, long-standing norms are being challenged and new and different questions are coming to light. Is your staff equipped to address these...

Get Ready to File Your First Annual Debt Transparency Report!

On January 1, 2017, Senate Bill No. 1029 (Hertzberg) became effective, requiring all public agencies (including K-12 school districts and community college districts) to adopt debt management policies and to...

2017 Legislative and Case Law Highlights – K-12 School Districts

“Location” in IEP Need Not Identify a Specific School or Facility

On August 29, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Rachel H. v. Department of Education Hawaii (9th Circ. 2017) 868 F.3d 1085 held that the term “location” as...

Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Issues Interim Guidance Regarding a School District’s Responsibility to Address Sexual Misconduct under Title IX

The U.S. Department of Education recently rescinded its 2011 Dear Colleague Letter and its companion 2014 Sexual Violence Questions and Answers document, both of which provided guidance to school districts...

Countdown to the Bond: Are You Planning a 2018 Bond Election?

If a Particular Methodology Plays a Critical Role in a Student’s Special Education Program, It Must Be Specified in the IEP

On September 13, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held a student’s individualized education program (“IEP”) must specify the “particular methodology” required for implementing the IEP, if that methodology...

Public School Employers Must Provide Unions Access to New Employee Orientations, and Must Negotiate the Structure, Time, and Manner

Effective July 1, 2017, AB 119 requires public employers (including TK-12 and Community College Districts) to provide unions with access to a new employee orientation.  The employer must give at...

Changes to Contractor Registration Requirements

On June 27, 2017, the Governor signed SB 96, amending the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) prevailing wage monitoring program (“Program”) for public works projects. Among other changes to the...

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