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AB 375 Adds New Sick Leave Benefits Bonding

02-15-16

Publications

Assembly Bill (AB) 375 added section 44977.5 to the Education Code, effective January 1, 2016, to allow certificated employees who have exhausted all available sick leave and continue to be...

Dannis Woliver Kelley Expands Statewide Education Law Practice: Adds 10 Experienced Lawyers and Two Offices to Start the New Year

02-10-16

Press Releases

San Francisco, CA—Dannis Woliver Kelley, California’s premier education law firm, is pleased to announce that it is opening offices in Sacramento and San Luis Obispo, staffed by ten lawyers joining the...

Must a School Board Agendize an Item from a Member of the Public?

02-09-16

Legal Developments and News

School districts have seen a recent increase in the number of requests from members of the public to place items on governing board agendas. Recently, an organization requested that districts...

AG Takes Issue With Bond Consulting Fees

02-03-16

Legal Developments and News

Addressing concerns over transparency and accountability for fees paid by school and community college districts to bond services professionals, the California Attorney General has opined that certain contract structures for...

Failure to Post Agenda Online Due to Technical Difficulties Does Not Violate the Brown Act

02-01-16

Legal Developments and News

Technology can help school and community college districts provide greater public access to information. The Brown Act requires districts with websites to post meeting agendas online for 72 hours before a...

DIR Suspends Electronic Submission of Certified Payroll Records

01-28-16

Legal Developments and News

The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has temporarily suspended the submission of certified payroll records (CPRs) to the eCPR system, after receiving numerous reports of problems uploading CPRs to the...

Internal Emails Regarding Cabinet Member Complaints May Be Disclosable Public Records

01-14-16

Legal Developments and News

California Public Records Act (CPRA) requests frequently seek email correspondence between district officials and/or governing board members. Recently, a California court held that where such records related to a cabinet...

Bid Threshold Increased for 2016 Community College Contracts

01-11-16

Legal Developments and News

Similar to the California Department of Education’s recent bid threshold increase for school districts, the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office has announced that the bid threshold for community college districts...

Dannis Woliver Kelley Expands Statewide Education Law Practice: Adds 10 Experienced Lawyers and Two Offices to Start the New Year

01-04-16

Press Releases

San Francisco, CA—Dannis Woliver Kelley, California’s premier education law firm, is pleased to announce that it is opening offices in Sacramento and San Luis Obispo, staffed by ten lawyers joining the...

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