2021 Legal Updates

• January 11, 2021 - Memo 01: Social Media and the Brown Act
• January 20, 2021 - Memo 02: CDPH Issues New Sweeping Schools Guidance
• January 22, 2021 - Memo 03: REVISED Mandating Vaccinations for Employees
  • January 21, 2021 - Memo 03: Mandating Vaccinations for Employees
• February 12, 2021 - Memo 04: Executive Order Clarifies that Title IX Prohibits Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation
• February 18, 2021 - Memo 05: 2020 Census Redistricting
• February 25, 2021 - Memo 06: California Supreme Court Makes its Dynamex Decision Retroactive - More of the Employee vs. Independent Contractor Saga
• March 2, 2021 - Memo 07: REVISED CA Dept of Public Health (CDPH) Issues Updated Youth Sports Guidance  
  • February 26, 2021 - Memo 07: CA Dept of Public Health (CDPH) Issues Updated Youth Sports Guidance
• March 3, 2021 - Memo 08: Post-Spring Break Quarantine - Travel Advisory Update 
• March 5, 2021 - Memo 09: AB 86 California's Final Reopening Plan
• March 19, 2021 - Memo 10: Classified and Certificated Employees - Notification of Reasonable Assurance of Employment for 2021-2022
• April 7, 2021 - Memo 11: REVISED Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Qualifying Reasons Related to COVID-19 - Model Notice Available  
  • March 24, 2021 - Memo 11: Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Qualifying Reasons Related to COVID-19 (SB95)
• April 12, 2021 - Memo 12: 2021-2022 Annual Notice to Parents
• May 14, 2021 - Memo 13: Update SB328 Middle and High School Start Times
• May 26, 2021 - Memo 14: July Notice of Temporary Employment
• June 17, 2021 - Memo 15: Brown Act Meeting Flexibilities to End September 30, 2021
• June 22, 2021 - Memo 16: Juneteenth becomes the 12th Federal Holiday - Implications for Schools
• June 24. 2021 - Memo 17: Cal/OSHA Guidance Harmonized with Other State Laws, Orders and Regulations
• July 2, 2021 - Memo 18: Assembly Bill 104: Pupil Retention, Pass/No Pass Option, and Reduced Graduation Requirements for the 2020-2021 School Year
• July 8, 2021 - Memo 19: U.S. Supreme Court Issues Decision on On-Line and Off-Campus Student Speech
• July 15, 2021 - Memo 20: Education Budget Bill AB Enacted, with Attachment
• July 21, 2021 - Memo 21: CDPH Updates Its K-12 Schools Guidance
• July 30, 2021 - Memo 22: Use of Piggyback Contracts for Modular Building Projects
• August 6, 2021 - Memo 23: CDPH Invreases its Masking Requirements for All Californians
• August 13, 2021 - Memo 24: PERB Rules on Mandatory Vaccination for Employees
• August 13, 2021 - Memo 25: CDPH Increases its Masking Requirements for All Californians, with attachment
  • Consent for Students for COVID-19 Testing - Spanish
• August 23, 2021 - California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Requirement for Universal Masking Indors at K-12 Schools
• August 24, 2021 - Memo 26: Consent for Students for  COVID-19 Testing with attachment
• August 27, 2021 - Memo 27: AB130 Independent Study 30 Days to Sign Agreement
• August 30, 2021 - Memo 28: CDPH Toughens Stance on K-12 Mask Mandates; and Masking FAQs
• September 24, 2021 - Memo 29: Updated Brown Act Teleconferencing/Virtual Meeting Requirements (AB361)
• September 27, 2021 - Memo 30: Assembly Bill 167 and Revisions to Independent Study for 21-22
• October 5, 2021 - Memo 31: Governor Newsom Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
• October 11, 2021 - Memo 32: Parent-Student Protests Associated with Governor Vaccination Mandate
• October 14, 2021 - Memo 33: Mandatory Employee Trainings
• October 14, 2021 - Memo 34: Two New Measures to Standardize Process for Local Educational Agencies to Identify Homeless Students
• October 15, 2021 - Memo 35: SB270 Increases Employer Penalties for Failure to Provide Union with Employee Contact Information
• October 19, 2021 - Memo 36: New Obligation for Schools Regarding Menstrual Products - Grades 6 through 12
  • New Obligation for Schools Regarding Menstrual Products - Grades 6 through 12 Attachment
• October 27, 2021 - Memo 37: Three Laws Affecting Student Mental Health Issues: SB14; SB224 and AB309 
• November 17, 2021 - Memo 38: AB438 Significant Changes in Classified Layoff Process 
• November 18, 2021 - Memo 39: Annual Development Fee Accounting
  • Annual Development Fee Accounting Attachment - Sample Resolutions
• November 22, 2021 - Memo 40: Existing Charter Schools Offering Independent Study Must Apply for Nonclassroom-Based Funding Determination by February 1, 2021
• November 23, 2021 - Memo 41: 2021- Governing Board Elections and Organizational Meetings and Frequently Asked Questions
• December 9, 2021 - Memo 42: Public Agency Statement of Facts
• December 13, 2021 - Certified and Classified Layoffs; Probationary and Temporary Teacher Releases; Administrator Release/Reassignments-Changes