The Client Handbook

The Handbook from Schools Legal Service contains a number of memoranda of general interest to the clients of Schools Legal Service. Some are applicable to all districts (K-12 and community college) and to County Superintendents of Schools. Others concern only districts at specific grade levels.

Each memorandum is designed to enable you to deal with situations that confront you on a regular and recurring basis throughout the school year. We urge you to consult this Handbook often--when you have a problem to solve or when you need to consider the legal implications and consequences of actions planned for the future. The effort that has produced these memoranda is part of our "preventative law" approach to your needs. That approach is only as successful as our clients and our professional staff, working together, choose to make it.

The Handbook is not intended to be a substitute for consultation with attorneys or negotiators in difficult situations. However, we urge you to consult the Table of Contents and read the applicable text before contacting us about any unresolved questions. This will enable you to better organize your approach to problems and provide the information we will need to help you accomplish your goals.

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Memo 1: Notification, Evaluation, Discipline and Dismissal of Employees

    Memo 2: Time Lines For Processing Certificated Layoffs, Administrator Reassignments, And Notices of Nonreelection To Certain Probationary Certificated Employees

    Memo 3: Classified Service Reductions; How to Lay Off or Reduce Hours for Classified Staff

    Memo 4: Probationary Certificated Employees

    Memo 5: Provisional Authorizations & Other Temporary Employments

    Memo 6: Procedures for Handling PERB Unfair Labor Practice Charges or Labor Contract Grievances

    Memo 7: Sick Leave For Public School Employees; Statutory Provisions

    Memo 8: Compelling Certificated Employees to Give Notice of Intent to Return For Following Year

    Memo 9: Reasonable Assurance of Reemployment For District Employees

    Memo 10: Overtime Compensation

    Memo 11: Pre-employment Inquiry Guidelines

    Memo 12: Student Discipline

    Memo 13: Child Abuse Reporting Requirements; The Laws and Selected Discussion Topics

    Memo 14: Where Pupils Are Entitled to Attend School; Residence and Custody Issues

    "Memo 15:" Public Access to Records and Information

    Memo 16: Procedures For Handling Tort Claims and Other Claims Submitted to School Districts

    Memo 17: Strangers on Campus; The Problem of the Unauthorized Visitor

    Memo 18: Conflicts of Interest and Incompatible Activities

    Memo 19: The Brown Act and Voting At School Board Meetings



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