"The IDEA does not promise perfect solutions to the vexing problems posed by the existence of learning disabilities in children and adolescents. The Act sets more modest goals; it emphasizes an appropriate rather than ideal, education; it requires an adequate rather than optimal, education."
School and College Legal Services of California is a duly established joint powers authority that was formed to provide legal and labor relations services for community colleges, school districts, and county offices of education at a reasonable cost. Operationally, we combine the best features of private law firms and governmental law offices.
The services provided include personnel matters, facilities issues of all kinds, student rights and discipline, contracting and purchasing, Brown Act, administrative hearings, collective bargaining and PERB matters, grievance arbitration, litigation, and real property matters.
We are strongly committed to the practice of preventive law through in-service training and timely newsletters, Legal Advisories and checklists. Recent in-service training programs have covered sexual harassment, employee evaluations, employee discipline, student rights and student discipline.
On March 1, 2012, the Third District Court of Appeal (San Joaquin) issued a decision finding that eight categorical teachers had to be treated as “probationary” for layoff purposes . In this case, each of the teachers had signed contracts as “categorical teachers”, which explicitly identified them as “temporary employees” and which also listed a specific date of termination. The Court found that Education Code Section 44909 does not automatically confer “temporary” status on all “categorical” teachers. This ruling could have a significant impact on current layoffs. (click below for full text)
