School districts, county offices of education, and charter schools (LEAs) must annually provide parents and guardians with a written notice of their rights and responsibilities (Annual Notice).

In L.B. v. San Diego Unified School District (9th Cir. 2026) 168 F.4th 1150, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that both the District Court and the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) erred in holding that a school district was not required to offer a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to a parentally-placed private school (PPPS) child if the parents requested an “IE

Based upon what appears to be an expanded view of the Supreme Court’s opinion in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) has issued a new Guidance on Prayer and Religious Expression in Public Schools (2026 Guidance).

Assembly Bill 560 (AB 560), which took effect January 1, 2026, requires local education agencies (LEA) to take all reasonable steps to distribute the workload associated with initial special education assessments across all resource specialists employed by the LEA in an equal manner, unless otherwise collectively bargained.

As reported in 2025 Client News Brief Number 61, this past December, in what is now referred to as Mirabelli v. Bonta, the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, granted summary judgment in a class action and issued a permanent in

On February 11, 2026, the California Department of Education (CDE) issued a letter entitled “Further Update Regarding FERPA” to all school district and county office of education superintendents.

Senate Bill (SB) 848, signed into law on October 7, 2025, and effective January 1, 2026, is a sweeping piece of legislation intended to enhance student safety by: (1) extending Assembly Bill (AB) 2534’s school employee misconduct disclosure requirements; (2) requiring written policies clarifying professional boundaries; (3) strengthening comprehensive school safety plans; (4) expanding...