Show Notes
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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