An Administrator's Guide to California Private School Law

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Table of Contents	5
Chapter 1 - Introduction	25
Chapter 2, Section 1 - Forming A Private School	25
Chapter 3, Section 1 - Introduction	46
Section 2 - Recruiting And Advertising	47
Section 3 - Applications	49
Section 4 - Background Checks	54
Section 5 - Record-Keeping And Retention	79
Section 6 - Maintenance of Personnel Files	82
Section 7- Employee Interviews	87
Section 8 - Conditional Job Offers	90
Section 9 - Pre-Employment Medical Exams	93
Section 10 - Reasonable Accommodations	95
Section 11 - Documentation At Time Of Hire	98
Section 12 - Minors	102
Section 13 - Unpaid Interns	103
Section 14 - Mandated Reporters	103
Chapter 4, Section 1 - Introduction	104
Section 2 - At-Will Employment	104
Section 3 - Employment Contract For A Specified term	108
Section 4 - "For Cause" Employment	111
Section 5 - Other Key Contract Provisions	113
Section 6 - Investigating Employee Miconduct	123
Section 7 - Layoffs	124
Chapter 5, Section 1 - Introduction	130
Section 2 - Why We Avoid Giving Accurate Performance Evaluations	131
Section 3 - The Impact Of Not Giving Accurate Performance Evaluations	132
Section 4 - The Ten Basic Steps in Evaluating Performance	133
Section 5 - Different Evaluation Mthods	137
Section 6 - The Basic Rules For Writing Evaluations	138
Section 7 - The Evaluation Meeting	144
Section 8 - Follow-Up: If Improvement Is Needed	145
Chapter 6, Section 1 - Introduction	146
Section 2 - Who Is Covered By Wage And Hour Laws?	146
Section 3 - Overtime Exemptions	153
Section 4 - Minimum Wage	164
Section 5 - Hours Worked	166
Section 6 - Basic Overtime Requirements	175
Section 7 - Payment Of Wages	181
Section 8 - Deductions From Wages	192
Section 9 - Assignment Of Wages	195
Section 10 - Vacation Time	196
Section 11 - Child Labor	197
Section 12 - Recordkeeping	200
Section 13 - Wage Discrimination (Equal Pay Act)	204
Section 14 - Remedies And Enforcement	204
Chapter 7, Section 1 - Introduction	206
Section 2 - Laws Prohibiting Harassment, Discrimination, And Retaliation	207
Section 3 - Religious Organization Exemptions From Title VII And The FEHA	207
Section 4 - The Ministerial Exception To Title VII And The FEHA	208
Section 5 - Protected Statuses/Classifications	210
Section 6 - Discrimination	217
Section 7 - Harassment	220
Section 8 - Retaliation	229
Section 9 - Preventing Harassment, Discrimination, And Retaliation	244
Section 10 - Anti-Discrimination Laws Do Not Immunize Employees From Discipline When Warranted	247
Section 11 - Developing An Anti-Harassment, Discrimination And Retaliation Policy	249
Section 12 - Investigating Allegations Of Harassment, Discrimination, Or Retaliation	251
Section 13 - Exhaustion Of Administrative Remedies And Applicable Statue Of Limitations	253
Chapter 8, Section 1 - Introduction	255
Section 2 - Paid Sick Leave	255
Section 3 - California Pregnancy Disability Leave	261
Section 4 - Family And Medical Leave	264
Section 5 - California Parent Leave Act (New)	303
Section 6 - Paid Family Leave	306
Section 7 - Organ Or Bone Marrow Donation Leave	308
Section 8 - Vacation Leave	309
Section 9 - Sabbatical Leave	309
Section 10 - Leave For Victims Of Crimes	311
Section 11 - Jury Duty And Witness Testimony Under Subpoena	313
Section 12 - Leave To Perform Emergency Duties Or To Attend Related Training	314
Section 13 - Time Off To Vote	314
Section 14 - Leave To Appear At Child's School	314
Section 15 - Military Leave	316
Section 16 - Industrial Injury Leave	319
Chapter 9, Section 1 - Introduction	330
Section 2 - Disabled Employees: The Interactive Process And Determining Reasonable Accommodations	331
Section 3 - Disabled Students: Interactive Process And Determining Reasonable Accomodations	358
Chapter 10, Section 1 - Introduction	372
Section 2 - Types Of Liability In Privacy Arena	372
Section 3 - Employee And Student Medical Information	385
Section 4 - Searches And Surveillance	388
Section 5 - Regulation Of Employee Personal And Off-Duty Conduct	404
Chapter 11, Section 1 - Introduction	413
Section 2 - Who Is A Mandated Reporter?	413
Section 3 - Reasonable Suspicion: What Triggers A Report	415
Section 4 - What Is Child Abuse And Neglect?	415
Section 5 - Nuts And Bolts: Procedural Requirements	422
Section 6 - Police Investigations Of Reports Of Child Abuse And Neglect	426
Chapter 12, Section 1 - Introductions	428
Section 2 - When Should An Investigation Be Conducted?	428
Section 3 - Who Should Be Assigned To Conduct The Investigation?	436
Section 4 - Beginning The Investigation	441
Section 5 - Gathering The Facts	445
Section 6 - Evaluating The Facts	468
Section 7 - Writing The Report	473
Section 8 - Taking Corrective Action	475
Chapter 13, Section 1 - Introduction	475
Section 2 - Student Admissions Applications	475
Section 3 - Admissions	477
Section 4 - Enrollment Contracts	482
Chapter 14, Section 1 - Introduction	497
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 - Introduction	510
Section 2 - The Legal Standards	511
Section 3 - Disciplinary Investigations	519
Section 4 - Student Free Speech	526
Chapter 16, Section 1 - Introduction	532
Section 2 - Waivers And Waiver Provisions	532
Section 3 - Volunteers	536
Section 4 - First Aid Kits	538
Section 5 - Transportation: Driving And Off Campus Activities	538
Section 6 - Third-Party Travel Organizations	542
Section 7 - International Travel	543
Chapter 17, Section 1 - Introduction	546
Section 2 - Building A Team For Successful And Timely Completion Of A Project	547
Section 3 - Planning And Design Issues	548
Section 4 - Selecting A Competent And Qualified Contractor	555
Section 5 - Starting Out With Strong, Defensible Contract Documents	558
Section 6 - Insurance	565
Section 7 - Performance And Payment Bonds	572
Section 8 - Administration Of Contract	574
Section 9 - Evaluating And Handling Disputes Before And During Construction	579
Section 10 - Anticipating And Preparing For Litigation	588
Section 11 - Completing And Closing Out A Project	592
Chapter 18, Section 1 - Introduction	592
Section 2 - Lobbying	593
Section 3 - Candidate Electioneering	595
Section 4 - Ballot Initiatives	598
Section 5 - Related California And Federal Laws	598
Chapter 19, Section 1 - Raffles	599
Section 2 - Auctions	603
Section 3 - Hiring Third Party For Professional Fundraising Assistance	607
Section 4 - Use Of Third Party Intellectual Property In Fundraising	610
Section 5 - Trusts For Individual Students/Employees/Teachers	610
Chapter 20, Section 1 - Intellectual Property Issues	611
Chapter 21, Section 1 - Introduction	620
Section 2 - Obtaining A License To Operate a Preschool	620
Section 3 - Personnel Requirements	632
Section 4 - Employee Issues	640
Section 5 - Facility Requirements	642
Section 6 - Student Issues And Services	645
Section 7 - CCLD Visit, Evaluations, And Citations	655
Endnotes	660

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