An Administrator's Guide to California Private School Law

Table of Contents5
Chapter 1 - Introduction25
Chapter 2, Section 1 - Forming A Private School25
Chapter 3, Section 1 - Introduction46
Section 2 - Recruiting And Advertising47
Section 3 - Applications49
Section 4 - Background Checks54
Section 5 - Record-Keeping And Retention79
Section 6 - Maintenance of Personnel Files82
Section 7- Employee Interviews87
Section 8 - Conditional Job Offers90
Section 9 - Pre-Employment Medical Exams93
Section 10 - Reasonable Accommodations95
Section 11 - Documentation At Time Of Hire98
Section 12 - Minors102
Section 13 - Unpaid Interns103
Section 14 - Mandated Reporters103
Chapter 4, Section 1 - Introduction104
Section 2 - At-Will Employment104
Section 3 - Employment Contract For A Specified term108
Section 4 - "For Cause" Employment111
Section 5 - Other Key Contract Provisions113
Section 6 - Investigating Employee Miconduct123
Section 7 - Layoffs124
Chapter 5, Section 1 - Introduction130
Section 2 - Why We Avoid Giving Accurate Performance Evaluations131
Section 3 - The Impact Of Not Giving Accurate Performance Evaluations132
Section 4 - The Ten Basic Steps in Evaluating Performance133
Section 5 - Different Evaluation Mthods137
Section 6 - The Basic Rules For Writing Evaluations138
Section 7 - The Evaluation Meeting144
Section 8 - Follow-Up: If Improvement Is Needed145
Chapter 6, Section 1 - Introduction146
Section 2 - Who Is Covered By Wage And Hour Laws?146
Section 3 - Overtime Exemptions153
Section 4 - Minimum Wage164
Section 5 - Hours Worked166
Section 6 - Basic Overtime Requirements175
Section 7 - Payment Of Wages181
Section 8 - Deductions From Wages192
Section 9 - Assignment Of Wages195
Section 10 - Vacation Time196
Section 11 - Child Labor197
Section 12 - Recordkeeping200
Section 13 - Wage Discrimination (Equal Pay Act)204
Section 14 - Remedies And Enforcement204
Chapter 7, Section 1 - Introduction206
Section 2 - Laws Prohibiting Harassment, Discrimination, And Retaliation207
Section 3 - Religious Organization Exemptions From Title VII And The FEHA207
Section 4 - The Ministerial Exception To Title VII And The FEHA 208
Section 5 - Protected Statuses/Classifications210
Section 6 - Discrimination217
Section 7 - Harassment220
Section 8 - Retaliation229
Section 9 - Preventing Harassment, Discrimination, And Retaliation244
Section 10 - Anti-Discrimination Laws Do Not Immunize Employees From Discipline When Warranted247
Section 11 - Developing An Anti-Harassment, Discrimination And Retaliation Policy249
Section 12 - Investigating Allegations Of Harassment, Discrimination, Or Retaliation251
Section 13 - Exhaustion Of Administrative Remedies And Applicable Statue Of Limitations253
Chapter 8, Section 1 - Introduction255
Section 2 - Paid Sick Leave255
Section 3 - California Pregnancy Disability Leave261
Section 4 - Family And Medical Leave264
Section 5 - California Parent Leave Act (New)303
Section 6 - Paid Family Leave306
Section 7 - Organ Or Bone Marrow Donation Leave308
Section 8 - Vacation Leave309
Section 9 - Sabbatical Leave309
Section 10 - Leave For Victims Of Crimes311
Section 11 - Jury Duty And Witness Testimony Under Subpoena313
Section 12 - Leave To Perform Emergency Duties Or To Attend Related Training314
Section 13 - Time Off To Vote314
Section 14 - Leave To Appear At Child's School314
Section 15 - Military Leave 316
Section 16 - Industrial Injury Leave319
Chapter 9, Section 1 - Introduction330
Section 2 - Disabled Employees: The Interactive Process And Determining Reasonable Accommodations331
Section 3 - Disabled Students: Interactive Process And Determining Reasonable Accomodations358
Chapter 10, Section 1 - Introduction372
Section 2 - Types Of Liability In Privacy Arena372
Section 3 - Employee And Student Medical Information385
Section 4 - Searches And Surveillance388
Section 5 - Regulation Of Employee Personal And Off-Duty Conduct404
Chapter 11, Section 1 - Introduction 413
Section 2 - Who Is A Mandated Reporter?413
Section 3 - Reasonable Suspicion: What Triggers A Report415
Section 4 - What Is Child Abuse And Neglect?415
Section 5 - Nuts And Bolts: Procedural Requirements422
Section 6 - Police Investigations Of Reports Of Child Abuse And Neglect426
Chapter 12, Section 1 - Introductions428
Section 2 - When Should An Investigation Be Conducted?428
Section 3 - Who Should Be Assigned To Conduct The Investigation?436
Section 4 - Beginning The Investigation441
Section 5 - Gathering The Facts445
Section 6 - Evaluating The Facts468
Section 7 - Writing The Report473
Section 8 - Taking Corrective Action475
Chapter 13, Section 1 - Introduction475
Section 2 - Student Admissions Applications475
Section 3 - Admissions477
Section 4 - Enrollment Contracts482
Chapter 14, Section 1 - Introduction497
Section 2 - What Is A Pupil Record?497
Section 3 - Who Has Access To Pupil Records?503
Section 4 - Where Should Pupil Records Be Maintained?505
Section 5 - How Should Pupil Records Be Retained?505
Section 6 - How And When Are Pupil Records Transferred?508
Section 7 - What Additional Records Must A School Keep With Respect To Student Absences And Withdrawals?510
Chapter 15, Section 1 - Introduction510
Section 2 - The Legal Standards511
Section 3 - Disciplinary Investigations519
Section 4 - Student Free Speech526
Chapter 16, Section 1 - Introduction532
Section 2 - Waivers And Waiver Provisions532
Section 3 - Volunteers536
Section 4 - First Aid Kits538
Section 5 - Transportation: Driving And Off Campus Activities538
Section 6 - Third-Party Travel Organizations542
Section 7 - International Travel543
Chapter 17, Section 1 - Introduction546
Section 2 - Building A Team For Successful And Timely Completion Of A Project547
Section 3 - Planning And Design Issues548
Section 4 - Selecting A Competent And Qualified Contractor555
Section 5 - Starting Out With Strong, Defensible Contract Documents558
Section 6 - Insurance565
Section 7 - Performance And Payment Bonds572
Section 8 - Administration Of Contract574
Section 9 - Evaluating And Handling Disputes Before And During Construction579
Section 10 - Anticipating And Preparing For Litigation588
Section 11 - Completing And Closing Out A Project592
Chapter 18, Section 1 - Introduction592
Section 2 - Lobbying593
Section 3 - Candidate Electioneering595
Section 4 - Ballot Initiatives598
Section 5 - Related California And Federal Laws598
Chapter 19, Section 1 - Raffles599
Section 2 - Auctions603
Section 3 - Hiring Third Party For Professional Fundraising Assistance607
Section 4 - Use Of Third Party Intellectual Property In Fundraising610
Section 5 - Trusts For Individual Students/Employees/Teachers610
Chapter 20, Section 1 - Intellectual Property Issues611
Chapter 21, Section 1 - Introduction620
Section 2 - Obtaining A License To Operate a Preschool620
Section 3 - Personnel Requirements632
Section 4 - Employee Issues640
Section 5 - Facility Requirements642
Section 6 - Student Issues And Services645
Section 7 - CCLD Visit, Evaluations, And Citations655
Endnotes660

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