Posted by Unknown | Jun 15, 2020 |
Please join Addison Covert and a panel of experts this Thursday 6/18 at 10am for a CASH webinar discussing FEMA disaster assistance to address local impacts from COVID-19. Attendees will hear from experts in pursuing, receiving, spending and accounting for such federal funding. Additionally, the ...
Posted by Unknown | Jun 08, 2020 |
On June 5, 2020, the California Department of Public Health released interim “Industry Guidance” for the reopening of schools and school-based programs. The guidance contains very broad recommendations and considerations for the restart of school programs and services. Implementation of this gu...
Posted by Unknown | Jun 02, 2020 |
In T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Communications Workers of America, AFL–CIO (May 27, 2020), the NLRB recently held that the employer did not violate the law when it announced new workplace rules that employees could not send certain emails to other employees' work email addresses. In T-Mobile, an employ...
Posted by Unknown | May 06, 2020 |
Employers Must Meet and Confer with Union Before Providing Redacted Investigation Report.
In City & County of San Francisco (2020) PERB Decision No. 2698-M, PERB held that the City & County unlawfully refused to provide the union with a timely and minimally redacted version of an investigation re...
Posted by Unknown | May 06, 2020 |
On May 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education published its final Title IX regulations prohibiting sex discrimination at federally funded institutions.
The new regulations, which apply to all federally funded institutions including public school districts, colleges, and universities in Califor...
Posted by Unknown | Apr 28, 2020 |
Recently, the National Labor Relations Board upheld its decision in Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store, 368 NLRB No. 144 (2019), wherein the Board reversed precedent, holding that investigative confidentiality rules that by their terms apply only for the duration of any investigation are...
Posted by Unknown | Apr 17, 2020 |
Based upon the Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) Guidance for Administrators of U.S. Childcare Programs and K-12 Schools to Plan, Prepare, and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019, most recently updated March 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education developed a document entitled, Providing Ser...
Posted by Unknown | Apr 14, 2020 |
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the role of schools in the community has been drastically changed to meet the needs of students and adjust to the crisis. Amongst the areas of school district operations put in question is the status of school construction projects. The actions taken by the state off...
Posted by Unknown | Apr 10, 2020 |
The National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) published an opinion that reversed earlier precedent and held that confidentiality provisions during workplace investigations are presumptively lawful. This holding represents a significant shift from the employee-favored precedent established in p...
Posted by Unknown | Apr 10, 2020 |
Educational institutions, like private employers, have an obligation to provide a safe and healthy workplace. To this end, when a district learns that an employee has been diagnosed with Coronavirus (“COVID-19”), the district must notify fellow employees of the potential exposure. But how does ...
Posted by Unknown | Mar 17, 2020 |
To all those we serve,
Parker & Covert will continue to act as a resource through the uncertain times brought to our schools, colleges, and communities by COVID-19. Our attorneys are prepared and ready to work with you in meeting any challenge, whether great or small. Our offices remain open and...
Posted by Unknown | Nov 25, 2019 |
Since the October 13, 2019 deadline, Governor Gavin Newsom completed final action on more than 1,000 bills for the 2019 legislative year. Below are some of the newer ones that affect Community Colleges in California.
All of the new laws listed below will take effect on January 1, 2020.
AB 51: Emp...
Posted by Unknown | Nov 19, 2019 |
New Ban on Suspending Students for Willful Defiance
California recently enacted SB 419, which amends Education Code section 48900, and now permanently prohibits public and charter schools from suspending fourth and fifth grade students for “willful defiance” and prohibits such suspensions for si...
Posted by Unknown | Nov 19, 2019 |
Posted by Unknown | Nov 07, 2019 |
Effective January 1, 2020, the Labor Code has been amended to enhance the provisions pertaining to lactation accommodation. The legislation will require an employer to provide a lactation room or location that includes prescribed features and to provide access to a sink and refrigerator, all near...
Posted by Unknown | Oct 09, 2019 |
On October 3, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 695 (“AB 695”). AB 695 extends the authorization for community college districts to use design-build by another ten years, until January 1, 2030. AB 695 also includes a skilled and trained workforce requirement for communit...
Posted by Unknown | Jul 26, 2019 |
On July 11, 2019, the California Court of Appeal decidedOxford Preparatory Academy v. Chino Valley Unified School District. The case involved a renewal petition for an existing charter school that was denied by the District. The San Bernardino County Board of Education declined to consider the ...
Posted by Unknown | Jun 26, 2019 |
On March 15, 2019, following the implementation of the Borrower Defense Rule, the Department of Education issued guidance on the reporting obligations of institutions of higher education.
These regulations seek to ensure the fiscal responsibility of both private and public institutions for the p...
Posted by Unknown | May 01, 2019 |
In Tanimura & Antle Fresh Foods, Inc. v. Salinas Union High School District (Apr. 26, 2019) the Sixth District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the Salinas Union High School District in a case challenging the collection of Level 2 residential fees on an unusual project consisting of a 100-unit a...
Posted by Unknown | Jan 29, 2019 |
Posted by Unknown | Jan 17, 2019 |
Education Code section 49077 concerning release of pupil information in response to a court order or subpoena has been amended effective January 1, 2019. (AB 2234, Stats. 2018, ch. 996.)
Section 49077 previously only required a reasonable effort to notify a pupil and their parent or guardian prio...
Posted by Unknown | Sep 20, 2018 |
On September 12, 2018 the Office of Public School Construction (OPSC) changed its submission requirements for Applications for Funding (Form SAB 50-04) for the School Facility Program (SFP) New Construction Program. OPSC changed its procedures due to receipt of recent requests for funding that ex...
Posted by Unknown | Aug 24, 2018 |
In Long Beach Council of Classified Employees, Local 6108 v. Long Beach Community College District (Filed 6/19/18), the District laid off 37 classified employees and reduced the work hours for 79 other classified employees in July 2012 due to a significant reduction in state funding by approximat...
Posted by Unknown | Apr 09, 2018 |
The California Court of Appeal's recent decision in 1901 First Street Owner v. Tustin Unified School District (Cal.App., 2018 DJDAR 2993) means more money for school districts in developer fees when new residential housing is constructed within a school district. Interior space outside individua...
Posted by Unknown | Feb 22, 2018 |
On January 24, 2018, the State Allocation Board approved substantial increases in residential and commercial-industrial school facility fees (“developer fees”) to $3.79 and $0.61 per square foot, respectively, from the current rates of $3.48 and $0.56, respectively. School districts may now adop...