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Janus v. AFSCME resources

• Legal Guidance: Board Communications in a Post-Janus World (6/29/18)
• Legal Update video: Implications of Janus v. AFSCME (6/28/18)
• Analyzing the aftermath of Janus v. AFSCME (6/27/18)
• Update: Preparing for a decision on Janus (6/2018)
• Important Update-- Early Implications of Janus: Payroll and Communications with Public Employee Unions (5/2018)

CSBA Legal Guidances and Alerts

• Educational Rights and Requests to Remove Instructional Materials (6/2023)
  
• Guidance on Removal of Instruction or Instructional Materials (5/2023)
• Legal Guidance: On Rights of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students in Schools (10/2022)
• Legal Guidance: Board Communications in a Post-Janus World (6/29/18)
• Analyzing the aftermath of Janus v. AFSCME (6/27/18)
• Update: Preparing for a decision on Janus (6/2018)
• Important Update-- Early Implications of Janus: Payroll and Communications with Public Employee Unions (5/2018)
• Superintendent Contract Template (12/2017) 
• Legal Alert: Tips for Governing Boards in Response to Public Records Act Ruling on Electronic Communications (03/2017)
• Updated Legal Guidance: Protecting Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students Against Discrimination (03/2017)
• Legal Alert: Expansion of Public Records Disclosure to Private Account Communications (03/2017)
• Legal Guidance: Providing All Children Equal Access to Education, Regardless of Immigration Status (02/2017)
• CSBA Sample Board Resolution: Providing All Children Equal Access to Education, Regardless of Immigration Status (02/2017)
• Legal Alert: The Impact of Senate Bill 415 on School Board Elections (01/2017)
• Legal Guidance: Guide to Reporting Gifts, Honoraria and Travel Payments (11/2016)
• Important Update: Developer Fees (8/4/2016)
• Updated Legal Guidance: Protecting Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students Against Sex Discrimination
• Appeals court reverses ruling in Vergara v. California (04/14/2016)
• Legal Guidance: Lease-leasebacks in Light of Davis v. Fresno USD & AB 566 (3/2016)
• Important Update: Court denies CDE request for stay in student privacy case but amends protocol (2/29/2016)
• Important Update: Disclosure of Student Information  (2/18/2016)
• Legal Guidance: Grade Span Adjustment Requirements
• Legal Guidance: International Student Exchange Placement Organizations

CSBA Publications

• Guidance on Removal of Instruction or Instructional Materials
• Educational Rights and Requests to Remove Instructional Materials
• California's Challenge: Adequately Funding Education in the 21st Century
• The Brown Act
• Call To Order: A Blueprint for Great Board Meetings
• Charter Schools Manual: A Manual for Governance Teams
• Filling a Board Vacancy: A guide for governing board

CSBA Webcasts and Webinars

Education Insights: Legal Update Season 5

• Episode 4: Legal Update: Life After Janus v. AFSCME | Aug. 1, 2018
• Episode 3: Legal Update: Implications of Janus v. AFSCME — What Board Members Need to Know | June 28, 2018 
  
  

• Archived Webcasts and Webinars