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Housing Handbook Municipal

AI Vol 2: Risks of AI Artificial Intelligence

AI Vol 1: Foundations of AI Artificial Intelligence

Form 700 Governance

Proposition 39 Checklist for Charter School Facilities

Charter Facilities Charter Schools

CEQA - School Districts Facilities & Business

Developer Fee Handbook Facilities & Business

Surplus Property Facilities & Business

Board Social Media Use Governance

Board Member Toolkit Governance

Brown Act Handbook Governance

Political Activity & Schools Governance

Public Records Act Governance

AB 438 FAQs Labor & Employment

Government Claims Litigation

Political Campaigns Municipal

SPED One Sheets Special Education

Electronic Communication Technology

Lozano Smith | Let's Talk Podcast Series

Assessments

The following document outlines criteria and measures for assessments. It also delves into assessment reports, including whether criteria were satisfied.

IEP Notice & Agenda

IEP Notice & Agenda Checklist

IEEs

Responding to IEE requests.

Prior Written Notice

The following document is a checklist designed to outline when written notice must be given, how it must be executed and options to consider. It covers, for example, procedural protections, sources for assistance, components during IEP meetings and timelines.

CEQA - School Districts

The CEQA checklist is a preliminary guideline to assist school districts in determining what level of review is required under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”, Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq.) when the districts build new facilities, expand or alter school sites or undertake other projects.

Surplus Property

This checklist includes an executive summary of the process and statutory time requirements throughout the process.

Mandatory Employee Orientations

In order to assist you as you prepare for new employee orientations, Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) asked Lozano Smith to develop an easy to use overview of the new law and common FAQs related to the passage and signing of AB 119.

IEP Planning

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Assessment Timelines

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Due Process Timelines

Special education law requires compliance with deadlines that are triggered once a request for due process hearing has been filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings (“OAH”). Summarized here are some of the most relevant deadlines to track and adhere to.

Student Discipline

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Section 504

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Special Ed. Acronyms

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Title IX Toolkit

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Charter Facilities

Proposition 39 obligates a school district to provide facilities to charter schools that operate within the district. The law provides a specific and rapid request and offer procedure. The facilities offered to a charter school must be “reasonably equivalent” to the facilities provided to students at district operated schools. The obligations of a school district, under Proposition 39, are highlighted in Lozano Smith’s Charter School Facilities and Proposition 39 Compliance resource. This one page document can serve to guide the district’s strategy upon receiving a request for facilities from a charter school.

Public Records Act

The term “public records” includes any writing relating to the public’s business if it is prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency. This definition is purposefully broad to protect the public’s interest in remaining informed regarding the actions of government.

IEP Note Taking

Writing appropriate notes at an Individualized Education Program (“IEP”) meeting is vital to the success of the IEP process and critical to documentation of the IEP team’s discussion. IEP notes are essential because IEP notes provide a written record as to what transpired at the IEP meeting. Below, we provide a list of essential note taking strategies to consider regarding each IEP meeting.

Brown Act Summary

Lozano Smith regularly provides counsel and training on a host of government relations issues, including Board Policy reviews, the Brown Act, mandated costs, ethics and conflicts of interest, and the Public Records Act. This is only a summary of key provisions of the Act, rather than a detailed overview of all its requirements.

Board Social Media Use

AB-992 has clarified that a member of the Board “shall not respond directly to any communication on an internet-based social media platform regarding a matter that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body that is made, posted, or shared by any other member of the legislative body.” This list provides recommended best practices for board members’ use of private social media platforms following passage of AB-992. This is not a comprehensive list of issues that may arise and any use of social media should adhere to all relevant board bylaws, policies and administrative regulations.