The SEC is reminding charter schools to seek advice on municipal securities only from registered municipal advisors. A bulletin from the SEC’s Office of Municipal Securities and Division of Enforcement’s Public Finance Abuse...more
Nonbank financial institutions that have been subject to public orders resulting from regulatory actions now have filing instructions on reporting information to a new registry meant to help identify repeat offenders....more
Historically, the ability of a governmental conduit issuer to issue bonds to facilitate a financing for a religious organization or a religiously affiliated school, university, senior housing facility or other nonprofit...more
7/7/2022
/ Carson v Makin ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Educational Institutions ,
Espinoza v Montana Department of Revenue ,
Establishment Clause ,
First Amendment ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
No Aid Clause ,
Private Schools ,
Public Schools ,
Religious Schools ,
SCOTUS ,
Tuition
In March 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released proposed rules that would require public companies to include certain climate-related disclosures in their registration statements and periodic...more
Historically, the ability of a governmental conduit issuer to issue bonds to facilitate a financing for a religious organization or a religiously affiliated school, university, senior housing facility or other nonprofit...more
7/9/2020
/ Compelling Governmental Interest ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Espinoza v Montana Department of Revenue ,
Establishment Clause ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
No Aid Clause ,
Private Schools ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Religious Schools ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Scholarships ,
SCOTUS ,
State Aid ,
State Constitutions ,
Strict Scrutiny Standard ,
Tuition
The main purpose of this booklet is to provide public charter schools and their stakeholders relevant information about the benefits of tax-exempt financing.
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Since Proposition 218 was passed in 1996, which added Article XIIIC to the California Constitution (“Article XIIIC”), local governments have faced heightened restrictions in their abilities to impose taxes. Specifically,...more
9/11/2017
/ CA Supreme Court ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Dispensaries ,
General Tax ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Municipalities ,
Proposition 218 ,
Public Finance ,
Tax Revenues