On Aug. 29, a three-judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a preliminary injunction and ruled in a 2-1 decision that San Jose Unified School District must reinstate the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) as an Associated Student Body-recognized club at Pioneer […]
On Aug. 22, 2022, Senate Bill 1100, an amendment to the Brown Act, was signed into law giving presiding members of school district boards, county boards of education and other legislative bodies the statutory right to remove a disruptive individual from public meetings. Although federal […]
On Aug. 4, in the case of Brennon B. v. Superior Court, the California Supreme Court held that public school districts are not “business establishments” under the Unruh Civil Rights Act and, thus, the Act does not apply to them. CSBA’s Education Legal Alliance filed […]
In late June, the U.S. Department of Education released a draft version of changes to Title IX rules that would define the concept of “sex” to include gender identity and sexual orientation, as well as extend protections against discrimination on the basis of sex stereotypes, […]
The case of Kennedy v. Bremerton School District examined coach’s prayer after football games On June 27, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in the case of Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. CSBA is providing this summary analysis as an […]
The Supreme Court ruled on June 21 that restricting the limitation of Maine’s tuition assistance program to only “nonsectarian” schools violated the Free Exercise Clause of the United States Constitution. In the case of Carson v. Makin, the Court ruled that parents could not be […]
On May 26, 2022, the Attorney General issued an opinion finding that individual legislative staffers of city councilmembers generally may not attend closed sessions of city councils and may not receive confidential information from those closed sessions. (Opinion No. 21-1102 (2022); 2022 WL 1814322.) While […]
In Cummings vs. Premier Rehab Keller PLLC, the Supreme Court held that damages for emotional distress are not available for discrimination claims based in four federal statutes. In the 6-3 opinion, the Court specifically reviewed a claim of disability discrimination under the Rehabilitation Act of […]
On Feb. 28, 2022, in the litigation action E.E. v. State of California, a judge in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California issued a preliminary injunction that ordered the California Department of Education to provide guidance to local educational agencies requiring […]
Senate Bill 328 (2019), also known as the late start bill goes into effect July 1, 2022. The bill, which was codified in Education Code 46148, mandates that the school day cannot begin before 8 a.m. for middle schools, and 8:30 a.m. for high schools. […]
