Let’s Talk - Lozano Smith Podcast

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March 03, 2022Episode 51 (Part 2) Student Vaccines and Student Masks – Late February 2022 Developments
Hosts Joshua Whiteside and Sloan Simmons are back to discuss the latest litigation development related to a school district’s student COVID-19 vaccination mandate and the rapidly changing guidance and directives related to student and staff mask requirements, including CDPH’s recent announcement that face masks are no longer legally required indoors at K-12 schools after March 11, 2022.
Show Notes & References
0:26 – Episode 51 Student Vaccines and Student Masks – Latest Developments
1:14 – San Diego Unified School District federal court vaccine litigation; John Doe, et al., Applicants v. San Diego Unified School District, et al.
4:28 – Student mask mandate update
5:01 – February 25, 2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) new guidance
7:48 – California Department of Public Health (CDPH) February 28, 2022 announcement
8:30 – February 28, 2022 Governor Executive Order N-5-22
8:59 – Emergency temporary standards (Cal. Code of Regulations Title 8, Section 3205)
9:56 – CDPH K-12 School Guidance (unchanged)
11:05 – Public transit and school buses
12:44 – CDPH Schools FAQ

Lozano Smith’s COVID-19 Resources can be found here.
For more information on the topics discussed in this podcast, please visit our website at: www.lozanosmith.com/podcast.
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18min
March 02, 2022Episode 52 Personnel Actions and the March 15th Deadline – Are You Ready?
Host Sloan Simmons joins partners and Lozano Smith Labor and Employment Co-Practice Group Leaders Michelle Cannon and Gabriela Flowers to discuss several important school district labor and employment deadlines that fall on March 15. This brief but information packed episode includes discussion on various types of release from employment as well as layoffs. Additionally, this year, for the first time ever, classified layoffs are subject to the same deadline.
Show Notes & References
1:13 – Non-reelection of second year probationary certificated employees
2:10 – March 15th deadlines
3:28 – First year probationary employees
3:34 – Education Code section 44929.21
4:21 – Release and reassignment notices for administrators (Ed. Code section 44951)
7:20 – Certificated layoff process
8:49 – Ed. code sections 44955 and 44949
9:00 – Bumping rights
10:00 – Chronology of layoffs
14:35 – Classified layoff process
16:53 – Bumping language and collective bargaining agreements (CBAs)
17:53 – Definition of permanency for classified employee layoffs
18:40 – AB 438 impacts
21:48 – CBAs and classified layoffs

Lozano Smith’s COVID-19 Resources can be found here.
For more information on the topics discussed in this podcast, please visit our website at: www.lozanosmith.com/podcast.
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27min
February 18, 2022Episode 51 (Part 1) Student Vaccines and Student Masks – Latest Developments
Host Joshua Whiteside joins Lozano Smith partner Sloan Simmons to discuss the present status of student COVID-19 vaccination and student masks requirements, including the status of State directives on point and the results of litigation in these areas.
Show Notes & References
0:48 – California Department of Public Health (CDPH) February 15, 2022 announcement and upcoming CDPH February 28, 2022 announcement
3:26 – Student vaccine mandate status
5:35 – SB 871 and personal exemptions
7:45 – Locally adopted vaccine mandates examples
8:36 – Los Angeles USD local mandate and legislation
9:20 – Education Code section 35160
11:37 – San Diego USD local mandate
15:05 – State court San Diego case and Let Them Choose litigation
19:00 – San Diego USD appeal and stay from Court of Appeal
22:01 – Mask mandate status
22:33 – State Public Health officer order (June 11, 2021)
23:28 – CDPH Guidance
24:02 – Health and Safety Code section 120175 and legal authority
24:37 – Superior Court case in San Diego and Let Them Breathe litigation

Lozano Smith’s COVID-19 Resources can be found here.
For more information on the topics discussed in this podcast, please visit our website at: www.lozanosmith.com/podcast.
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35min
February 16, 2022Episode 50 Modular Buildings: A Primer for School Districts
Host Sloan Simmons joins Lozano Smith partner Arne Sandberg to discuss modular buildings for California school districts, including the basics about modular buildings, procurement alternatives, and new legal developments impacting this area of school construction.
Show Notes & References
1:24 – Modular buildings
2:05 – Modular component buildings vs. modular portables
4:55 – Issue of permanent vs. temporary
6:10 – Modular component building examples
7:15 – Popularity and cost-efficiency
8:16 – Building plans (standard or unique designs)
9:10 – Competitive bidding and modular buildings
10:33 – Delivery methods (competitive bidding, lease-leaseback, design-build)
13:30 – Architect involvement
14:31 – Lease-leaseback method
15:16 – Davis v. Fresno Unified School Dist. (2015) 237 Cal.App.4th 261
18:16 – Lease-leaseback scoring and rating system
19:29 – Design-build vs. lease-leaseback
21:03 – Piggybacking
22:10 – Division of the State Architect (DSA)
22:13 – Office of Public School Construction (OPSC)
22:54 – Public Construction Code section 20118
24:52 – Vendor involvement in piggybacking
26:30 – Modulars and personal property
26:43 – Attorney General opinion: 89 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 1 (#05-405, January 24, 2006)
28:50 – Report of the Executive Officer, State Allocation Board Meeting, December 8, 2004
30:55 – OPSC e-mail to school districts and county offices of education (July 2021)
31:55 – Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH)
33:48 – Permanent vs. temporary foundations for modular portables
40:25 – Critical takeaways

Lozano Smith’s COVID-19 Resources can be found here.
For more information on the topics discussed in this podcast, please visit our website at: www.lozanosmith.com/podcast.
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44min
December 20, 2021Episode 49 Preparing for the New Year: New Student Laws In Effect Now and in 2022 and Beyond
Host Joshua Whiteside joins Lozano Smith attorney Ruth Mendyk to discuss updates and new obligations facing educational agencies now and during the second half of the 2021-22 school year. This discussion includes a review of important legislation from the Fall 2021 legislative session.
Show Notes & References
2:30 – Education Code 48205 – Excused absences
2:50 – Senate Bill (SB) 14 (urgency) – Excused absences for mental or behavioral health
6:46 – Assembly Bill (AB) 516 – Excused absences for cultural ceremonies and events
9:13 – SB 254 – September 11th remembrance exercises and observations
11:24 – AB 27 (urgency) – Website posting requirement for liaison and related homeless information
12:11 – SB 400 – Housing questionnaire and rights/resources for homeless students
14:26 – AB 132 – Ensure student completion of FAFSA form (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), alternate form, or opt-out
17:25 – AB 104 – Grade change requests, student retention, and exemptions from graduation requirements
20:54 – AB 101 – Ethnic studies

Lozano Smith’s COVID-19 Resources can be found here.
For more information on the topics discussed in this podcast, please visit our website at: www.lozanosmith.com/podcast.
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30min
July 30, 2021Episode 48 COVID-19 School Closures: Compensatory Education in the Special Education Context
Following COVID-19 school closures during the 2019-2020 school year, many school districts are faced with making determinations regarding potential compensatory education for their special education student populations. Host Sloan Simmons discusses the concept of compensatory education and school closures with Lozano Smith special education experts Marcy Gutierrez and Collen Villarreal, including important factors for districts to consider on this subject and the latest OAH rulings on point.
Show Notes & References
2:29 – FAPE obligation and distance learning
3:11 – Bd. of Ed. v. Rowley (1982) 458 U.S. 176; Endrew F. ex rel. Joseph F. v. Douglas County Sch. Dist. RE-1 (2017) 580 U.S. ___, 137 S.Ct. 988
3:51 – Cal. Exec. Order N-26-20 (March 13, 2020)
8:35 – Compensatory education overview
10:17 – Equitable factors
15:50 – Anaheim Elementary School District v. Student (2020), OAH Case No. 2020090678
19:20 – Questions and Answers on Providing Services to Children with Disabilities During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak (March 12, 2020)

Lozano Smith’s COVID-19 Resources can be found here.
For more information on the topics discussed in this podcast, please visit our website at: www.lozanosmith.com/podcast.
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27min
July 20, 2021Episode 47 The Supreme Court Speaks: Guidelines for Regulation of Student Off-Campus Speech
For the first time since 2007, the United States Supreme Court has weighed-in on student free speech rights under the First Amendment. In Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., the high court addressed for the first time the parameters and limits for schools’ regulation of student off-campus speech. In this episode, Lozano Smith student speech experts Mike Smith and Sloan Simmons break down the Supreme Court’s decision and its implications for California school districts.
Show Notes & References
1:58 – Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) 393 U.S. 503
4:00 – Bethel School District v. Fraser (1986) 478 U.S. 675
5:58 – Hazelwood School District et al. v. Kuhlmeier et al. (1988) 484 U.S. 260
8:05 – Statutory framework in Education Code (Ed. Code §§ 48907, 48950)
9:34 – Morse v. Frederick (2007) 551 U.S. 393
11:58 – Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. (June 23, 2021) 594 U.S. ___
19:56 – School district limitations on regulating off-campus speech
24:35 – Types of behavior subject to regulation under B.L.
33:02 – Impact of B.L. in California
39:27 – Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton (1995) 515 U.S. 646
40:43 – T.V. v. Smith-Green Community School Corporation (N.D. Ind. 2011) 807 F.Supp.2d 767
43:31 – J.C. ex rel. R.C. v. Beverly Hills Unified School District (C.D. Cal. 2010) 711 F.Supp.2d 1094 (Client News Brief 53 – December 2009)
46:25 – Wynar v. Douglas County School Dist. (9th Cir. 2013) 728 F.3d 1062 (Client News Brief 59 – September 2013)
48:48 – C.R. v. Eugene School District 4J (9th Cir., Sept. 1, 2016) 835 F.3d 1142 (Client News Brief 65 – September 2016)
51:34 – Shen v. Albany Unified School District (9th Cir. 2016) 835 F.3d 1142 (Client News Brief 87 – December 2017)
55:36 – McNeil v. Sherwood School District 88J (9th Cir. 2019) 918 F.3d 700 (Client News Brief 30 – June 2019)

Lozano Smith’s COVID-19 Resources can be found here.
For more information on the topics discussed in this podcast, please visit our website at: www.lozanosmith.com/podcast.
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1h 4min
June 28, 2021Episode 46 California’s “Reopening” and the Future of Public Meetings Under the Brown Act
With the easing of COVID-19 restrictions and California’s “reopening,” host Sloan Simmons has a timely discussion with Lozano Smith Governance Co-Practice Group Leader, Anne Collins and Lozano Smith Technology and Innovation Practice Group Leader Travis Cochran regarding the state of the law and future of public meetings under the Brown Act in light of pending legislation that would continue flexibility for remote participation by local officials and the public.
Show Notes & References
3:19 – The Brown Act & board member telephonic/virtual participation (Government Code section 54953(b))
6:06 – California Executive Order 3-17-20 (March 2020)
10:16 – California Executive Order N-08-21 (June 2021)
11:32 – Masks at public meetings
15:25 – Meeting posting requirements
16:16 – Pending Assembly Bill (AB) 361
18:24 – Pending AB 339
25:11 – Public comment and participation during virtual board meetings
35:05 – Virtual technology issues
38:55 – Hybrid board meetings and flexible participation
45:46 – Update: California Department of Public Health Face Coverings Q&A Guidance (June 15, 2021)

Lozano Smith’s COVID-19 Resources can be found here.
For more information on the topics discussed in this podcast, please visit our website at: www.lozanosmith.com/podcast.
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48min
June 24, 2021Episode 45 Charter School Reforms in the COVID-19 Era
Host Sloan Simmons facilitates a timely and interesting discussion with Lozano Smith Charter School Practice Group Leaders, Ed Sklar and Erin Hamor, regarding the status of charter school reform legislation and the impacts of COVID-19 on the same.
Show Notes & References
2:10 – Review of charter reform legislation over the last two years
2:31 – Assembly Bill (AB) 1505
3:26 – State dashboard
7:20 – AB 1316 and pending Education Budget Trailer Bill
7:36 – People v. McManus; San Diego Super. Ct. Case No. SCD266439
9:17 – Anticipated 3-year renewed moratorium on non-classroom based (NCB) charter schools
9:38 – Anticipated 2-year hiatus for charter renewals
11:57 – COVID-19 pandemic & NCB charter school accountability
13:43 – SB 98 influence on NCB charter school funding (Client News Brief 60 – July 2020)
15:49 – State review of NCB charter schools’ success during pandemic
18:04 – Pending Education Budget Trailer Bill and NCB charter school moratorium
19:30 – Charter school accountability components
25:10 – Pending Education Budget Trailer Bill and anticipated timelines on renewal moratorium
28:40 – Charter school location accountability
28:48 – AB 1507
33:40 – Lack of state regulation and implementation issues
34:44 – Charter school recruitment issues
36:24 – Consequences for ignoring recruitment obligations

Lozano Smith’s COVID-19 Resources can be found here.
For more information on the topics discussed in this podcast, please visit our website at: www.lozanosmith.com/podcast.
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41min
June 23, 2021Episode 44 EIFD and Tax Increment – A Public Finance Practitioner Discussion of the Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District Financing Tool
Lozano Smith attorneys Constantine Baranoff and Daniel Maruccia join host Sloan Simmons in an informative and detailed discussion of how Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts have evolved in California with attorneys who focus on public finance and who have formed EIFDs throughout the state. They also discuss available financing structures and explore projects (including freeway overlay and flood control) which EIFDs may be used to finance.
Show Notes & References
5:01 – 2012 Redevelopment Agencies (RDA) dissolved
6:58 – EIFD (Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District)
13:35 – Formation of Public Finance Authority (PFA)
15:13 – EIFD hearings and timelines
19:03 – EIFD financing structures and combining the EIFD with other financing tools such as Mello-Roos
28:25 – EIFDs vs. RDAs
29:10 – Creative application of the EIFD tools in California; overview of types of projects being contemplated using EIFDs including flood control and freeway overlays
36:31 – Upcoming important election dates for voter approved debt

For more information on the topics discussed in this podcast, please visit our website at: www.lozanosmith.com/podcast.
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42min

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