Day: June 17, 2014

California Judge Strikes Down Teacher Tenure Laws As Unconstitutional

California Judge Strikes Down Teacher Tenure Laws As Unconstitutional

  A California superior court judge made headlines earlier this month when he struck down several of the state’s teacher tenure laws as unconstitutional.  Vegara v. California found that the state’s tenure laws deprived students of their right to education as guaranteed by the State constitution and violated their civil

NJ Court Addresses Special Service Charges Under OPRA

Under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), custodians may impose a reasonable special service charge when fulfilling a records request that “involves an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort.” Having outside counsel review invoices to redact privileged information does not meet the criteria, according to the court’s decision in Nunnermacker