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Hosts Joshua Whiteside and Sloan Simmons are back to discuss the latest litigation development related to a school district’s student COVID-19 vaccination mandate and the rapidly changing guidance and directives related to student and staff mask requirements, including CDPH’s recent announcement that face masks are no longer legally required indoors at K-12 schools after March 11, 2022.

Show Notes & References

• 0:26 – Episode 51 Student Vaccines and Student Masks – Latest Developments
• 1:14 – San Diego Unified School District federal court vaccine litigation; John Doe, et al., Applicants v. San Diego Unified School District, et al.
• 4:28 – Student mask mandate update
• 5:01 – February 25, 2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) new guidance
• 7:48 – California Department of Public Health (CDPH) February 28, 2022 announcement
• 8:30 – February 28, 2022 Governor Executive Order N-5-22
• 8:59 – Emergency temporary standards (Cal. Code of Regulations Title 8, Section 3205)
• 9:56 – CDPH K-12 School Guidance (unchanged)
• 11:05 – Public transit and school buses
• 12:44 – CDPH Schools FAQ

 

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For more information on the topics discussed in this podcast, please visit our website at: www.lozanosmith.com/podcast.

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Host Sloan Simmons joins partners and Lozano Smith Labor and Employment Co-Practice Group Leaders Michelle Cannon and Gabriela Flowers to discuss several important school district labor and employment deadlines that fall on March 15.  This brief but information packed episode includes discussion on various types of release from employment as well as layoffs.  Additionally, this year, for the first time ever, classified layoffs are subject to the same deadline.

Show Notes & References

• 1:13 – Non-reelection of second year probationary certificated employees
• 2:10 – March 15th deadlines
• 3:28 – First year probationary employees
• 3:34 – Education Code section 44929.21
• 4:21 – Release and reassignment notices for administrators (Ed. Code section 44951)
• 7:20 – Certificated layoff process
• 8:49 – Ed. code sections 44955 and 44949
• 9:00 – Bumping rights
• 10:00 – Chronology of layoffs
• 14:35 – Classified layoff process
• 16:53 – Bumping language and collective bargaining agreements (CBAs)
• 17:53 – Definition of permanency for classified employee layoffs
• 18:40 – AB 438 impacts
• 21:48 – CBAs and classified layoffs

 

Lozano Smith’s COVID-19 Resources can be found here.

For more information on the topics discussed in this podcast, please visit our website at: www.lozanosmith.com/podcast.