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Legal Update Memo No. 05-2023 – 2023-2024 Annual Notice to Parents (K-12)
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 in the 2023-2024 school year.
Legal Update Memo No. 03-2023(CC) – Classified Employees – Notification of Reasonable Assurance of Employment for 2023-2024 (CC)
Classified Employees
In order for classified employees who do not work during the summer to be held ineligible for unemployment benefits, Unemployment Insurance Code (“Code”) § 1253.3 requires that districts send these employees a “letter of reasonable assurance” no later than 30 days prior to the last day of the academic year or term.[1] The Code requires very specific language. The attached sample letters comply with Code requirements.
Legal Update Memo No. 04-2023 – Classified and Certificated Employees – Notification of Reasonable Assurance of Employment for 2023-2024 (K-12)
Classified Employees
In order for classified employees who do not work during the summer to be held ineligible for unemployment benefits, Unemployment Insurance Code (“Code”) § 1253.3 requires that districts send those employees a “letter of reasonable assurance” no later than 30 days prior to the last day of the academic year or term. The Code requires very specific language. The attached sample letters comply with Code requirements.
Legal Update Memo No. 03-2023 – Sunshining: Public Presentation of Collective Bargaining Proposals (K-12)
The purpose of this Legal Update is to provide background and information regarding the requirement to “sunshine” initial proposals for negotiations with employee bargaining units pursuant to the procedures set forth under the Educational Employment Relations Act (“EERA”).
Legal Update Memo No. 02-2023(CC) – UPDATED FOR 2023 Brown Act Virtual Meeting Requirements (CC))
This Legal Update clarifies how a public agency’s can rely on the AB 361 teleconferencing rules for the remainder of 2023. It also fixes two typographical errors from the November 8, 2022 Legal Update. Revisions are shown in red text.