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Join host Sloan Simmons as he discusses new legislative enactments and trending student issues impacting the 2024-2025 school year with Lozano Smith experts Kyle Raney and Kendra Tovey.  This episode covers a range of hot topic issues, from a new round of changes to Independent Study to AB 1955.

Show Notes & References

• 1:17 – School recess (Senate Bill (SB) 291) (Client News Brief 45 – December 2023)
• 3:59 – Repeal of withholding recess as a disciplinary measure
• 6:01 – Defiance and disruption, and the Keep Kids in School Bill (SB 274) (Client News Brief 37 – November 2023) 
• 9:39 – Changes to Independent Study (IS) (SB 153) (Client News Brief 38 – August 2024)
• 10:29 – “Short term” versus “Long term” IS
• 11:15 – Impacts on ADA (average daily attendance) apportionment
• 12:47 – Asynchronous instruction/participation
• 13:47 – The intersection of emergency closures and IS (Education Code sections 46393 and 51747)
• 18:45 – Gender identity rights for students and the SAFETY Act (Assembly Bill (AB) 1955)
• 20:06 – AB 1266 (2014)
• 20:45 – California Department of Education (CDE) Legal Guidance and FAQs on AB 1266
• 22:50 – AB 1955 and protections for LEA employees and contractors
• 24:55 – Updates to annual notices:
  • 25:17 – Discrimination complaints related to textbooks, materials and curriculum
  • 26:20 – Non-compliance with the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) requirements
  • 27:13 – California College Guidance Initiative Data Sharing
• 27:44 – Cell phones on campus
• 30:24 – Mandated policies limiting smart phone use (AB 3216)

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In this podcast, host Sloan Simmons engages with Lozano Smith Title IX Practice Group Leaders Monica Batanero and Sarah Fama in a step-by-step discussion regarding the new Title IX regulations, as well as helpful context regarding various legal challenges pending around the country to the new regulations.

Show Notes & References

• 1:48 – Overview of Title IX
• 3:48 – New Title IX Regulations
• 6:14 – California regulations under the Education code
• 8:19 – Flexibility within new regulations
• 10:28 – Sex-based harassment structure for students at higher education institutions (34 CFR 106.46)
• 12:06 – August 1, 2024 implementation deadline and policy updates
• 18:22 – Lawsuits around the country and impacts on California schools
• 19:05 – State of Kansas v. U.S. Department of Education, No. 23-CV-3205-JWL, 2024 WL [specific page numbers to be determined], (D. Kan. July 2, 2024)
• 21:58 – Overruling of the Chevron Doctrine and its impact
• 22:53 – Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. ___ (2024); 144 S.Ct. 2244
• 23:05 – Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020)
• 26:09 – Resources and training opportunities
• 26:45 – Lozano Smith Illuminate
• 28:00 – Lozano Smith Title IX Toolkit – Email clientservices@lozanosmith.com for more information

 

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In this episode, host Sloan Simmons engages with Lozano Smith attorneys Carolyn Gemma and Jaspreet Lochab-Dogra regarding the application and interactions between the various compliant procedures utilized by California’s K-12 school districts.

Show Notes & References

• 1:45 – Common complaint procedures
  • 1:51 – BP/AP 1312.1 (Complaints Concerning District Employees)
  • 1:56 – BP/AP 1312.3 (Uniform Complaint Procedures (UCP))
  • 2:01 – BP/AP 4030 (Non-Discrimination in Employment)
  • 2:05 – Title IX and Williams complaint procedures
• 2:38 – UCP process
• 3:33 – What is covered under the UCP
• 4:39 – Removal of special education from the UCP
• 6:05 – Complaint procedures for employees with protected characteristics (BP/AR 4030)
• 6:32 – Complaint procedures for employees not related to protected characteristics (BP/AR 1312.1)
• 7:34 – Interaction of UCP and Title IX complaint processes
• 7:59 – New Title IX Regulations (OCR) – August 1, 2024
• 9:27 – Appeals under new Title IX Regulations
• 11:24 – Complaints regarding instructional materials or facilities (Williams complaint procedures)
• 11:37 – Complaints regarding library materials (AB 1078)
• 13:47 – UCP vs. Williams complaint process
• 15:29 – Commonalities between complaint processes

 

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