Episode 79 Student Issues: What’s New for 2024-2025
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. This episode covers a range of hot topic issues, from a new round of changes to Independent Study to AB 1955.
Show Notes & References
- 1:17 – School recess (Senate Bill (SB) 291) (Client News Brief 45 – December 2023)
- 3:59 – Repeal of withholding recess as a disciplinary measure
- 6:01 – Defiance and disruption, and the Keep Kids in School Bill (SB 274) (Client News Brief 37 – November 2023)
- 9:39 – Changes to Independent Study (IS) (SB 153) (Client News Brief 38 – August 2024)
- 10:29 – “Short term” versus “Long term” IS
- 11:15 – Impacts on ADA (average daily attendance) apportionment
- 12:47 – Asynchronous instruction/participation
- 13:47 – The intersection of emergency closures and IS (Education Code sections 46393 and 51747)
- 18:45 – Gender identity rights for students and the SAFETY Act (Assembly Bill (AB) 1955)
- 20:06 – AB 1266 (2014)
- 20:45 – California Department of Education (CDE) Legal Guidance and FAQs on AB 1266
- 22:50 – AB 1955 and protections for LEA employees and contractors
- 24:55 – Updates to annual notices:
- 27:44 – Cell phones on campus
- 30:24 – Mandated policies limiting smart phone use (AB 3216)
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