The Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) recently released a toolkit detailing two federal data privacy laws — the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule — and how they might apply in […]
In response to learning that some school districts and county offices of education (COEs) expect a high volume of opt-out requests based on the recent Supreme Court decision, CSBA offers some key considerations for creating opt-out procedures and forms. On July 7, CSBA issued “Policy implications of […]
In addition to setting new legal precedent, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Mahmoud v. Taylor has significant policy implications. This article offers an initial assessment of those implications and some related observations.
On June 12, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in A.J.T. v. Osseo, a case that examined whether claims by students arguing disability discrimination by school districts under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act of 1973 require a […]
On May 14, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in Garnier v. O’Connor-Ratcliff, a case that relates to public officials’ use of social media, and which the U.S. Supreme Court remanded for reconsideration under a newly created standard. CSBA’s Education Legal Alliance (ELA) filed an […]
On April 4, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Regino v. Staley, a case about parental notification and student privacy rights. The court’s decision vacated the District Court’s decision to dismiss the case with prejudice and remanded the case back for further proceedings with guidance on how the lower court should move forward in its considerations of Regino’s claims.
The Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) is a division of the U.S. Department of Education tasked with, among other things, the administration of federal laws related to student privacy in local educational agencies that receive federal funds. Each year, two laws — the Family Educational […]
In the first litigation regarding Assembly Bill 1505, a sweeping charter school reform bill, CSBA’s Education Legal Alliance (ELA) secured a victory from the Court of Appeal in ELA v. State Board of Education and Napa Foundation for Options in Education. In an opinion issued […]
On Feb. 28, the U.S. Department of Education released a “Frequently Asked Questions About Racial Preferences and Stereotypes Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act” (FAQ) document in an effort to answer questions about a dear colleague letter released on Feb. 14. The “Dear […]
As explained in a previous issue of California School News, in April 2024 the Biden Administration issued new Title IX regulations effective Aug. 1, 2024. Among other things, these regulations made significant changes to Title IX sexual harassment procedures — such as those governing the […]
