This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

    Filter by date
     to 
    Search by Case Name
    Search by Judge
    Search by Case Number
    Search by DJ Citation Number
    Search by Category
    Search by Court
Name Category Published
New West Charter Middle School v. Los Angeles Unified School District
Damage award involving school district’s breach of contract to provide facilities for charter school should include consideration for maintenance and operations costs.
Education Aug. 20, 2010
Conn v. Western Placer Unified School District
School employee’s individual complaints about specific services are not protected disclosures regarding improper government activity under whistle-blowing statute.
Education Aug. 11, 2010
California School Boards Association v. State Board of Education (Aspire Public Schools Inc.)
Board must make finding of statewide benefit that cannot be provided by operation under local school districts in approving charter school petition.
Education Jul. 27, 2010
Opinion of Brown
School district may contract with private nonprofit organization to provide at-risk student dropout prevention and retention programs.
Education Jul. 22, 2010
Conn v. Western Placer Unified School District
School employee’s individual complaints about specific services are not protected disclosures regarding improper government activity under whistle-blowing statute.
Education Jul. 21, 2010
American Nurses Association v. O'Connell
California law does not permit unlicensed school personnel to administer insulin to students and requires medication to be administered by licensed nurses.
Education Jun. 9, 2010
N.D. v. State of Hawaii Dept. of Education
Statewide systematic change in school year calendar is not change in educational placement of disabled children under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Education Apr. 6, 2010
Sanchez v. San Diego County Office of Education
School district conducting field trip has immunity from liability for student’s injuries, regardless of whether student attends school in another district.
Education Mar. 23, 2010
Compton Unified School District v. Addison
Court has jurisdiction to determine violations under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act even where school district ignored student’s disabilities.
Education Mar. 22, 2010
Payne v. Peninsula School District
Autistic child’s parent fails to exhaust administrative remedies under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by failing to seek impartial due process hearing.
Education Mar. 18, 2010
California School Employees Association v. Torrance Unified School District
In-service days are not considered school days, which pupils would otherwise have been attending, and for which classified employees are entitled to be paid.
Education Mar. 11, 2010
Doe v. Kamehameha Schools
Children seeking admission to Hawaiian schools with alleged race-based admission policy cannot proceed anonymously in suit where they unreasonably feared harm.
Education Mar. 2, 2010
Chae v. SLM Corp.
Higher Education Act preempts student borrowers' claims challenging loan servicer's methods of calculating interest, assessing late fees, and setting repayment start dates.
Education Jan. 26, 2010
Weissburg v. Lancaster School District
Under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, child’s parents are entitled to attorney fees based on disability classification change and despite grandmother's representation.
Education Jan. 15, 2010
J.L. v. Mercer Island School District
Disabled student receives 'free appropriate public education' despite school district's failure to attain transition goals for post-school activities.
Education Jan. 14, 2010
Polster v. Sacramento County Office of Education (Twin Rivers Unified School District)
County superintendent may refuse to approve payroll warrants that would carry out reorganizing school district’s transition plan without making fiscal distress finding.
Education Dec. 23, 2009
Ashland School District v. Parents of E.H.
Court has broad discretion with which to consider rejection of private school reimbursement, even if contrary to hearing officer’s finding.
Education Dec. 8, 2009
Ashland School District v. Parents of R.J.
Parents cannot receive private residential school tuition reimbursement from former public school district when child’s placement was not necessary for educational reasons.
Education Dec. 8, 2009
Sanchez v. State of California
State Allocation Board properly finds that revenue from certificates of participation were unencumbered for purposes of calculating school district’s ability to fund construction.
Education Nov. 19, 2009
Governing Board of Ripon Unified School District v. Commission on Professional Conduct (Messick)
District requirement that teachers receive English learner certification training is legal and teacher's noncompliance is cause for employment termination.
Education Sep. 30, 2009
Disability Law Center of Alaska Inc. v. Anchorage School District
Protection and Advocacy agency may ask school district for contact information belonging to guardians of students in special education class.
Education Sep. 11, 2009
Achene v. Pierce Joint Unified School District
District's order dismissing probationary teacher is null and void where notice of unsatisfactory performance was not given before notice of dismissal.
Education Aug. 17, 2009
J.L. v. Mercer Island School District
Disabled student receives 'free appropriate public education' despite school district's failure to attain transition goals for post-school activities.
Education Aug. 10, 2009
Coachella Valley Unified School District v. State of California
Federal law governing assessment of 'limited English proficient' tests affords participating states wide discretion in fashioning test program.
Education Aug. 3, 2009
Renee v. Duncan
Appellants lack standing to challenge No Child Left Behind Act where State has full authority to determine teacher certification standards.
Education Jul. 24, 2009
Horne v. Flores
Request to vacate judgment based on changed circumstances is proper where objective underlying judgment has been remedied.
Education Jun. 26, 2009
Forest Grove School District v. T.A.
School district to reimburse private school costs where student did not previously receive special education from public agency.
Education Jun. 23, 2009
Joshua A., a minor
Section 1415(j) does not exclude stay put motion during appeal of final judgment issued by district court.
Education Mar. 20, 2009
Sunnyvale Unified School District v. Jacobs
School district's decision not to reelect probationary teacher is not subject to arbitration under collective bargaining agreement.
Education Feb. 19, 2009
Kolter v. Commission on Professional Competence of the Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles Unified School District)
School board was not required to provide teacher with 24-hour written notice prior to closed-session meeting regarding her possible dismissal.
Education Feb. 9, 2009