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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.\xa0 This episode covers a range of hot topic issues, from a new round of changes to Independent Study to AB 1955.
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\nShow Notes & References
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\n \t1:17 \u2013 School recess (Senate Bill (SB) 291) (Client News Brief 45 - December 2023)
\n \t3:59 \u2013 Repeal of withholding recess as a disciplinary measure
\n \t6:01 \u2013 Defiance and disruption, and the Keep Kids in School Bill (SB 274) (Client News Brief 37 - November 2023)\xa0
\n \t9:39 \u2013 Changes to Independent Study (IS) (SB 153) (Client News Brief 38 - August 2024)
\n \t10:29 \u2013 "Short term" versus "Long term" IS
\n \t11:15 \u2013 Impacts on ADA (average daily attendance) apportionment
\n \t12:47 \u2013 Asynchronous instruction/participation
\n \t13:47 \u2013 The intersection of emergency closures and IS (Education Code sections 46393 and 51747)
\n \t18:45 \u2013 Gender identity rights for students and the SAFETY Act (Assembly Bill (AB) 1955)
\n \t20:06 \u2013 AB 1266 (2014)
\n \t20:45 \u2013 California Department of Education (CDE) Legal Guidance and FAQs on AB 1266
\n \t22:50 \u2013 AB 1955 and protections for LEA employees and contractors
\n \t24:55 \u2013 Updates to annual notices:
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\n \t25:17 \u2013 Discrimination complaints related to textbooks, materials and curriculum
\n \t26:20 \u2013 Non-compliance with the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) requirements
\n \t27:13 \u2013 California College Guidance Initiative Data Sharing
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\n \t27:44 \u2013 Cell phones on campus
\n \t30:24 \u2013 Mandated policies limiting smart phone use (AB 3216)
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