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In this episode, Lozano Smith Podcast host Sloan Simmons discusses with Lozano Smith Student Practice Group Leaders Ruth Mendyk and Josh Whiteside important legislative updates regarding student matters resulting from the close of this year’s legislative session.

Show Notes & References

• 1:55 – Prohibition on removal of instructional materials/library books (Assembly Bill (AB) 1078) (Client News Brief 36 – November 2023)
• 3:46 – Episode 63 Getting to Know and Understand the FAIR Act (listen here)
• 4:59 – Consequences to not following AB 1078 guidelines
• 9:40 – Suspension for defiance and disruption (Senate Bill (SB) 274) (Client News Brief 37 – November 2023)
• 10:14 – Grounds for discipline (Education Code section 48900(k))
• 14:17 – California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS)
• 14:20 – Teacher suspension from class (Ed. Code section 48910)
• 16:23 – Discipline and restorative justice practices (AB 1165) (Client News Brief 45 – December 2023)
• 19:15 – Right to recess time and repeal of Ed. Code section 44807.5 (SB 291) (Client News Brief 45 – December 2023)
• 23:48 – SB 291 and interaction with mealtime detentions
• 26:15 – Other student related legislation impacting 2024

 

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Designed for new administrators and/or those new to the bargaining table, co-host Joshua Whiteside is joined by Lozano Smith attorneys Daniel McElhinney and Kara Walton to discuss the basics of bargaining.  Topics include figuring out who should be on the bargaining team, how to identify a lead negotiator, what type of contract negotiations can occur, and strategies to foster good processes and outcomes.

Show Notes & References

• 2:35 – Preparing for negotiations
• 3:38 – Educational Employment Relations Act (EERA or Rodda Act)
• 5:34 – New administrators joining the bargaining team
• 8:02 – Superintendents in negotiations
• 8:47 – Board members in negotiations
• 10:41 – Identifying your lead negotiator
• 11:43 – Open vs. closed contract negotiations; successor and reopener negotiations
• 15:03 – Negotiations outside of the contract
• 16:37 – Representing interests on both sides of the table
• 19:13 – Strategies to foster good will
• 21:36 – Labor management team meetings
• 22:05 – The role of legal counsel
• 23:39 – Final thoughts

 

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