To Williams, or Not To Williams, That Is the Question...
Please join us to review AB 599 (2021) and its amendments to Education Code Section 1240! Although effective January 1, 2022, the legislation has recently begun to impact charter schools identified for additional monitoring. We will review the criteria for making the California Department of Education's ""Williams List"" and discuss how your school can avoid being identified for future monitoring. We will also review how county offices of education may investigate schools within their jurisdiction on matters such as:
- Teacher misassignments and vacancies,
- Sufficiency of instructional materials
- Condition of school facilities
- Accuracy of data reported on school accountability report cards
And last but not least, we will discuss the connection between AB 599 and the historic Eliezer Williams v. State of California case and subsequent legislation commonly referred to as the Williams Act.
Presented by
Jason Rudolph
Chief Operations Officer
Equitas Academy Charter Schools
Jason Rudolph is a civil litigator and public education advocate. Jason's practice areas include charter development and defense, facilities, special education, independent study, and labor and employment. After practicing for several years as a business litigator, Jason transitioned into a lobbying role for a statewide charter school advocacy organization. He worked with charter school operators, community organizations, and local officials to maximize charter schools' positive impact and ensure students have access to high-quality public schools. Jason is proud to work at YM&C, where he brings to bear his broad experience to provide counsel to California's charter schools.
Jerry Simmons
Partner/Attorney at Law
Young, Minney & Corr, LLP
Jerry Simmons has represented charter schools in every aspect of their operations for more than fifteen years. Through drafting charter petitions, memorandums of understanding for business and special education services, facilities use agreements, private leases, property purchases, and development of school policies covering every facet of charter school operations. Jerry has also assisted charter schools with employment and labor law matters, board governance and training, zoning and building code compliance, defense of audit findings in annual and extraordinary audits, and compliance with the Brown Act, Political Reform Act, Public Records Act, and Family Educational Records Protection Act.