Supreme Court of California

Plaintiff's request, seeking reimbursement of funds expended to provide an expelled student a hearing with procedural protections required by the Education Code section 48195, is granted with respect to hearing costs that are mandatory but denied with regards to reimbursement for costs incurred pursuant to discretionary expulsions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/02/2004
• Published 08/02/2004

Judges

• GEORGE, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Pamela Smith-Steward, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Andrea Lynn Hoch, Assistant Attorney General, Louis R. Mauro and Susan R. Oie, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
•  Paul M. Starkey, Camille Shelton, Sacramento, and Katherine A. Tokarski for Defendant and Appellant., Jo Anne Sawyerknoll, Sacramento, Tad Seth Parzen, Jose A. Gonzales and Arthur M. Palkowitz, San Diego, for Plaintiff and Respondent., Lozano Smith, Diana McDonough, San Rafael, Harold M. Freiman, San Ramon, Jan E. Tomsky, San Rafael, and Gregory A. Floyd, Fresno, for California School Boards Association Education Legal Alliance as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.,  Steven M. Woodside, County Counsel (Sonoma) as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.