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- Disproportionate Effects of Teacher Layoffs
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- School Avoidance Demands a Multifaceted Response
- If teachers are using AI to help grade student work, who’s grading the AI?
- Navigating Crises Effectively Has Become An Art Form
- Focusing on Special Education Teacher Retention May Help Address the Teacher Shortage
- Teacher Shortages Threaten California’s Bilingual Education and Transitional Kindergarten Students
- Educating Homeless Students Presents Multifaceted Challenges
- A Safe and Supportive Work Environment Will Help Teachers Thrive
- Understanding Special Education Assessments and Implicit Bias
- Meeting the Needs of Neurodivergent College Students
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- School Safety by Design and Construction
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- Finding Solutions to the Special Education Teacher Shortage
- School Police: Friend or Foe?
- Electric buses on the move…
- California Invests in Vocational Education
- Financial Education Ballot Measure Seeks to Add New High School Graduation Requirement
- It’s About Time To Find Alternative Solutions For our Kids
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- AI Generated Supercomputers in Higher Education
- AI in Education – Risks & Rewards
- The U.S. Department of Education Releases Guidance on How Assistive Technology Relates to Special Education Law
- New PK-3 Early Child Education Specialist Instruction Credential to Address Teacher Shortage
- For Good Cause Shown: What does it mean when applying for an exemption from Proposition 28’s “80%” requirement?
- Take a Load Off: The Potential of AI to Lighten the Load of School Administrators
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- Implicit Bias Drives Disproportionality in Special Education
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- Early Education: Bridging the Gap Through Home Visits
- Bargaining in 2024? Make it Work.
- U.S. Supreme Court Gives School Board Members Back Control of Their Personal Social Media Pages
- Special Education: Changes to the Burden of Proof for Due Process in Washington State
- Can parents opt out of Illinois public-school curriculum requirements?
- Key Webinar Takeaways: Artificial Intelligence and Mental Health Monitoring – Legal Considerations
- AI and Mental Health Monitoring
- Title IX Amendments Issued by the U.S. Department of Education
- PAC Clarifies Public Recital Requirements in Non-Disciplinary Personnel Actions:
- CDE Guidance on Supplement Not Supplant Requirement for Proposition 28 Funds
- Spring 2024 Special Education Symposium Materials
- Practical Tips When Considering Education Workforce Housing (EWH) Projects
- U.S. Supreme Court Gives School Board Members Back Control of Their Personal Social Media Pages
- Negotiations and Communications
- Form 700 Tips for Public Officials
- Steps to Guide Bargaining Preparation – Setting the Table
- New Lawsuit Contends Architects Inflated Costs for Siskiyou County Superior Courthouse
- Special Ed Connection® Quotes Gretchen Shipley on Considerations Around Recording IEP Meetings Using AI Note-Takers
- <strong>State Allocation Board Increases Maximum Level 1 Developer Fees</strong>
- New Statute Provides Clarity on Conflicts of Interest in Contracting For Multi-Phase Projects
- Increased Public Contract Bidding Thresholds Effective January 1, 2024
- Sample Bullying Response, Investigation, and Prevention Checklist
- The Right to Remain Silent
- Navigating the Gray Haze of the Brown Act
- F3 Law Files United States Supreme Court Amicus Brief for the California School Boards Association
- Accommodating Employee Religious Beliefs – Clarifying the New Standard
- Legislative Summary – 2023
- Navigating the California Voting Rights Act
- To Fee or Not to Fee There Can Be No Question
- The Chronicle of Higher Education Quotes Mark Williams on Student Data Privacy
- Campaign DOs and DON’Ts
- Pause Before You Post
- Supreme Court’s Decision Does Not Disturb Commonly Held Understandings Surrounding The Use of Lease‐Leaseback
- Breaking Down the Latest Guidance from the U.S. Department of Education on Prayer and Religious Expression in the Public School Setting
- Clear and Present Danger Reporting in Illinois
- Revisions to Extended School Year Regulation Do Not Change LEA Obligation to Consider Student Placement in Least Restrictive Environment
- Academic Benefit Least Restrictive Environment Factor Means Progress on IEP Goals
- Student Discipline Guidelines
- ABCs of Special Education Acronyms
- Legal Update – SES Fall 2018
- Public Meeting Management and Recent Brown Act Updates
- Social Media Isn’t All ♥’s for School Board Members
- Social Media Isn’t All ♥’s for School Board Members
- New Diploma for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
- Contracts for Modular School Facilities Now Ineligible for State Funding if Purchased via Piggyback Contract
- Employee Religious Activities in Our Schools: New Supreme Court Decision Issued and What School Officials Should Know Now
- Spring 2022 Special Education Symposium Materials
- Communication Planning Guide
- Next Level Client Services
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- 2021 Legislative Summary
- After Distance Learning: Policy and Procedure Updates
- Considering the Continuum – Fall 2021 Special Education Symposium Presentation
- Key OSEP Letters – Fall 2021 Special Education Symposium Presentation
- Legal Update – Fall 2021 Special Education Symposium Presentation
- SES Spring 2021: Legal Update
- Nine from the 9th – Spring 2021 Special Education Symposium Presentation
- SES Spring 2021: Parent Participation
- TRS Supplemental Savings Plans (SSP) Guidance
- Interpreter Services
- Timing of Annual Organizational Meetings Revised
- Tackling Student Data Privacy on a National Level
- Legal Update – SES Fall 2020
- Key Components of Reassessment – SES Fall 2020
- IEP Lessons Learned Since Endrew F – SES Fall 2020
- Summary of New CA Legislation from the 2020 Legislation Session
- SB 820 Ed Finance Bill Passes
- Surplus Property: Opportunities for Use of Proceeds
- COVID-19: Emergency Paid Sick Leave and Expanded FMLA
- New Law Adds LEA NPA and NPS Monitoring and Reporting Obligations
- CA Relaxes Some Timelines Related to Special Education and Uniform Complaints
- Student Rights Strengthened for Transfers
- Time Limits Extended for Sexual Assault Claims
- Later Start Times Mandated for Middle and High Schools
- Parents May Administer Medicinal Cannabis on Campus
- Students Must be Provided Access to iPads, Other Assistive Technology
- Expansion of Ban of Suspensions for Willful Defiance
- Some Independent Contractors Must be Treated as Employees – AB 5
- California to Restrict Medical Exemptions from Immunizations
- 9th Circuit Clarifies Post-Settlement Access to Courts
- School Smarts vs. Smart Phones: New Regulations for Smart Phones on Campus
- In-Home Placement and Services – SES Spring 2019
- Prior Written Notice – SES Spring 2019
- Parental Consent – SES Spring 2019
- Labor Negotiations in the Age of Social Media
- Students’ Call to Action to Make Their Voices Heard
- Online Fundraising in Public Schools
- Fundraising in the Digital Age
- New Law May Require Updates to Interdistrict Transfer
- Restrictions Expanded to All Students on Use of Restraints and Seclusion
- PERB: Use of GPS Devices Must be Negotiated
- Charter Schools Must Comply with Key Integrity Laws
- Transporting Students – SES Fall 2018
- IEP Goals post-Endrew F – SES Fall 2018
- What is a Subpoena?
- Independent Educational Evaluations – SES Fall 2018
- Data Privacy Guidebook – Guidelines and Tips
- Ask Before You App
- New Law Delays Term Starting Date for Newly Elected Board Members
- The Janus Decision and SB 866: New Guidance from ACSA and CTA
- New Conditions for Continuance of Special Education Due Process Hearings
- Part-Time Playground Aides Now Part of Classified Service
- Payroll Checklist for Agency Fee Elimination
- Practical Guidance – Janus and SB 866
- SB 866 Creates Significant Change on Union Dues
- New Policies on Immigrant Students Required by July 1
- Reverse CPRA Liability for Attorney’s Fees
- Legal Update – SES Fall 2018
- Spotlight on Practice – SES Spring 2018
- Anxiety and Depression – SES Spring 2018
- Focus of FAPE – SES Spring 2018
- The Right To Remain Silent
- Limitations on Free Speech Reaffirmed
- Walkout: Students’ Call To Action To Make Their Voices Heard