Cuts Lozano Smith's yearly legal cap from $159,100 to $114,000 and extends it to June 2026

This amendment lowers the yearly cap on Lozano Smith's charter school legal services from $159,100 to $114,000 to match its new 2025-26 rate schedule, and extends the term from June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Services are otherwise unchanged, except charter school-related claims and litigation defense. The text does not state the size of the cut.

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Vendor / partner: Lozano Smith LLP · Walnut Creek, CA
Action: Amendment
Category: Legal, compliance & risk
Term: Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2026
Previous total: $159,100
New total: $114,000
Presented by: General Counsel
File: 25-1603 · agenda L.-146
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Jun 25, 2025

Official text

Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 2, Memorandum of Understanding and Engagement Policy (MOUEP) and Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) by and between the District and Lozano Smith LLP, Walnut Creek, CA, for the latter to provide unchanged legal services to the District for charter school legal matters and other legal services on an as needed basis, with the exception of charter school-related claims and litigation defense, extending the term of the Agreement from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2026, and decreasing the not to exceed amount of Agreement from $159,100 per fiscal year to $114,000 per fiscal year in alignment with the new 2025-2026 professional rate schedule; and under the DSA, the terms and conditions of District's transmission of or sharing of pupil data with Lozano Smith, and the protection by Lozano Smith of such data, for the same term as the MOUEP. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.

History

Jun 25, 2025 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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