by pddg_admin | Jan 17, 2023 | Legal Developments and News
Effective January 1, 2023, the bid threshold for contracts awarded by school districts competitively bid pursuant to Public Contract Code (PCC) section 20111(a) increased from $99,100 to $109,300 (link available here). The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s...
by pddg_admin | Jan 17, 2023 | Legal Developments and News
The California Court of Appeal, First District (“Court”), overturned the City of San Francisco’s (“City”) decision that a proposed high school stadium 90-foot lighting project was exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). (Saint Ignatius...
by pddg_admin | Jan 3, 2023 | Legal Developments and News
The Ninth Circuit held that a school district that refused to allow a student to wear Native American religious symbols on her graduation cap while allowing other students to wear secular messages on their caps violated the student’s First Amendment rights. (Waln v....
by pddg_admin | Nov 15, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
The California Court of Appeal recently concluded that school districts that receive School Facility Program funds for locally bond-funded projects after the project has been constructed must adhere to a narrow range of options for use of those State funds. In Bates...
by pddg_admin | Nov 15, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
Taking effect January 1, 2023, Assembly Bill No. 2449 (“AB 2449”) will provide members of legislative bodies subject to the Brown Act another option for attending meetings remotely. While maintaining the traditional teleconference requirements previously found in the...
by pddg_admin | Nov 1, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
>> Updated August 28, 2024 Starting in 2023, all elected board members, board member candidates, and chief executives of local educational agencies are subject to the pay-to-play restrictions that previously were limited to appointed officials. The rules...
