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"When I was in school, one of my teachers was crazy about me. I once heard her tell another teacher, 'I wish he were my kid for just one day.'"
Legal Updates
Conversion to Trustee Area Voting Has Been Simplified 06-2011(CC)
Published Date:
2011-11-02
Due to the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA), there has been increased pressure on community college districts whose governing boards are elected through any form of "at large" voting to change to a district-based election system that can protect the community college district from teh possibility of lawsuits under the Act and the legal fees that come with a successful suit.
search terms: Trustee Area Voting, CVRA, "at large" voting.
Private:
No
Employment Applications 14-2011
File Name:
Published Date:
2011-09-20
Contact:
Nancy L. Klein, Sr. Associate General Counsel nklein@sclscal.org
Employment laws and regulations change from time-to-time.
search terms: employment applications,
Private:
No
Annual Accounting for School Facilities Fees 13-2011
Published Date:
2011-09-16
Contact:
Loren Soukup, Assistant General Counsel, lsoukup@sclscal.org
Government Code sections 66001 and 66006 impose detailed requirements on public agencies which levy development fees.
search terms: School Facilities Fees, Government Code section 66001, Government Code section 66006, development fees.
Private:
No
Foster Children School Choice 12-2011
Published Date:
2011-09-12
Contact:
Marko Fong, Assistant General Counsel mfong@sclscal.org
As we head into the regular 2011-2012 school year, districts should be aware that key sections of AB 490 were quietly amended by AB 1933 at the beginning of 2011.
Search Terms: Foster Children, school choice, AB 490, AB 1933.
Private:
No
30-Day Conditional Attendance Authorized for 7th to 12th Grade Students Who Have Not Been Fully Immunized Against Pertussis 11-2011
Published Date:
2011-08-31
Contact:
Nancy L. Klein, Sr. Associate General Counse nklein@sclscal.org
Urgency legislation has been enacted authorizing school districts and county offices of education to permit any student advancing to or enrolled in grades 7-12, who has not yet recieved all pertussis boosters, to conditionally attend for up to 30 calendar days provided the following conditions are met:
Private:
No
Classified Employees - Notification of Reasonable Assurance of Employment (02-2011(CC))
File Name:
Published Date:
2011-02-01
Contact:
Marko Fong, Assistant General Counsel
In order for classified employees who do not work during the summer to be held ineligible for unemployment benefits, section 1253.3 of the Unemployment Insurance Code requires that districts give or send these employees a "letter of reasonable assurance" no later than 30 days prior to the last day of the academic year or term.
search terms: Classified employees, reasonable assurance.
Private:
No
Update Regarding Implementation of AB 3632
Published Date:
2010-11-09
Contact:
Carl D. Corbin, Assistant General Counsel ccorbin@sclscal.org
Our office developed a Legal Update on October 26, 2010, and an addendum on November 9, 2010, regarding implementation of AB 3632 services.
search terms: AB 3632, County of Sacramento v. State of California
Private:
No
OCR Dear Colleague Letter Addresses Student Sexual Harassment (06-2011)
Published Date:
2011-04-04
Contact:
Carl D. Corbin, Assistant General Counsel ccorbin@sclscal.org
On April 4, 2011, the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights ("OCR"), released a "Dear Colleague" letter addressing student sexual harassment.
search terms: sexual harassment.
Private:
No
OCR Dear Colleague Letter Addresses Student Sexual Harassment (03-2011(CC))
Published Date:
2011-04-04
Contact:
Carl D. Corbin, Assistant General Counsel ccorbin@sclscal.org
On April 4, 2011, the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights ("OCR"), released a "Dear Colleague" letter addressing student sexual harassment.
search terms: sexual harassment.
Private:
No
Annual Notice to Parents 07-2011
Published Date:
2011-05-09
Contact:
Loren W. Soukup, Assistant General Counsel
Consistent with Education Code section 48980 and other state and federal laws which require districts to annually notify students, parents, and guardians of their legal rights and responsibilities, attached is a form Annual Notice to Parents appropriate for use for the 2011-2012 school year.
search terms: Annual Notice to Parents, Education Code section 48980.
Private:
No
