Links to Legal & Education Sites of Interest
California Law:
California Code of Regulations
This site allows a search of bills by bill number, keyword or author and permits daily update requests.
You can go to the sites for individual Superior Courts by starting here:
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/trialcourts/
Most of these sites have the local rules on line.
Search cases decided in the last 60 days
Cases You can search cases decided in the last 60 days at
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/
Codes Searchable codes are found at http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html
Community College:
California Community College Chancellor's Office
Education Law Organization:
Association of California School Administrators
California Association of School Psychologists
California Association of Supervisors of Child Welfare and Attendance
California Coalition for Adequate School Housing
California School Board Assn. Education Legal Alliance
Community College League of California
National Clearinghouse for Education Facilities
Facilities and Construction Organization:
American Society of Appraisers
California Council of the American Institute of Architects
Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California
Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California
Federal Law:
From 1893.
General Education Law:
This is a link to the Charter Schools Development Center of the Institute for Education Reform. The site provides the text for all charter school laws and many other useful tools for a charter school attorney.
This site includes links to 20 U.S.C. (education), IDEA, 34 CFR (education), recent federal decisions on education, the California Education Code, etc
This is the Association of California School Administrators site, which tracks legislation of importance and has links to several other legislative sites. The page linked provides a list and summary of bills of interest to schools.
LRP/Education Administration Online
National School Boards Association
Government Agencies:
The site includes a legal resources guide, as well as general info about the ABA.
California Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
California Department of General Services
Division of the State Architect.
California Department of Insurance
California Department of Pesticide Regulation
This is the California Department of Pesticide Regulation School IPM ("Integrated Pest Management Program")
California Environmental Resources Evaluation System
California State Contractors State License Board
CDE's School District Organization Handbook
Department of Toxic Substances Control
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
This site permits access to hundreds of resources, like FREE (federal resources for education), ERIC digests, parent publications, EROD directory (education resources online directory - state and technical assistance directories).
Office of Planning and Research - State Clearinghouse
Office of Public School Construction
The site includes the Rules of Professional Conduct, member records, section information, etc.
Misc. Reference Tools:
This is a white pages directory of the entire country. For a business directory, try http://yp.gte.com
This site is most useful from the "Site Index" portion, where it is easy to reference links to relevant ethics information, such as on-line California ethics decisions.
Just like our school phone directories, but easier to use.
A new site to help school districts find qualified teachers.
This is the EDGAR database of corporate information, including SEC filings of most companies.
Municipal Law:
This sites has links to California cities on the web.
The site contains links to city sites, legislative info, meeting info, etc.
The Seattle Public Library puts the codes for many of California. s cities on-line. For another source of municipal codes, try http://www.municode.com/
or http://www.amlegal.com/alpeg004.htm
Other Circuit Courts:
This site permits review of house and senate votes, bill texts, the congressional record and scheduling.
Search Engines/Starting Points:
Special Education Law:
Cal. Dept. of Ed. Special Education information
This site has a nice "laws and regulations" section.
Federal Resource Center for Special Ed
This good site has links to information about each disability defined under the IDEA, definitions and technical assistance links and information.
This site contains in depth information on many types of learning disabilities. Experts, resource lists, FAQ's, etc.
Special Education Settlement Packet
For a similar site, see http://www.copaa.net/ the site for the Council of Concerned Parent Attorneys and Advocates.