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Murrieta Valley board approves contract with Tyler Law LLP after hours-long debate over education experience and conflicts
Summary
After extensive public comment and sustained board debate about the firm’s education-law experience and possible campaign ties, the Murrieta Valley Unified School District board narrowly approved an engagement with Tyler Law LLP to represent the board on legal and parental-rights matters.
The Murrieta Valley Unified School District governing board voted to engage Tyler Law LLP for board representation after more than an hour of discussion and a lengthy public-comment period. The motion passed by a narrow margin, recorded in the meeting minutes as carrying 3–2.
The vote followed repeated public objections that the firm’s website and the rate schedule attached to the contract “make no mention of education law,” a point raised by public commenter Steven Schwarz during the public-comment period. Schwarz said parents should be wary of hiring counsel without education-specific experience to advise a school district.
Supporters of the engagement said the…
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