by pddg_admin | Jun 30, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
The United States Supreme Court held that the Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment protected a coach who engaged in “short, private, personal prayer” during times when employees were free to attend to personal business and that the...
by pddg_admin | Jun 6, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
The California Court of Appeal recently held that a school district receiving hardship funding to build a school was not required to return unused funds resulting from project savings. (San Bernardino City Unified School District v. State Allocation Board (May 24,...
by pddg_admin | Mar 23, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
On Monday, March 14, 2022, the California Legislature passed, and Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law, Senate Bill 118 (SB 118), emergency legislation that amends the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as it applies to a public community college district...
by pddg_admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
School districts are authorized to levy a fee against certain residential and commercial construction within the boundaries of the district, for the purpose of funding the construction or reconstruction of school facilities necessitated by that development. (Ed. Code,...
by pddg_admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
On December 30, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a school district does not need to prepare an individualized education program (“IEP”) for a student whose parents withdraw the student from public school and place in a private school, even if parents...
