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Stockton Unified trustees receive CSBA ethics and conflict‑of‑interest training
Summary
Trustees at Stockton Unified attended a California School Boards Association training covering AB 2158 ethics requirements, gift limits and reporting, Brown Act meeting rules (including teleconferencing), Government Code 1090 conflicts and public‑records obligations; presenters urged recusal and consulting legal counsel when in doubt.
Stockton Unified School District trustees attended a board retreat hosted May 12 that the California School Boards Association delivered to satisfy statutory ethics training requirements, presenters said.
Kristen Lingren Bone, general counsel for the California School Boards Association, and Ethan Ran, CSBA deputy general counsel, led a multi‑hour session on ethics, conflicts of interest and open‑government laws. Bone told trustees the session fulfills AB 2158’s mandated ethics training (effective Jan. 1, 2023; required beginning Jan. 1, 2025) and reviewed the district’s bylaws that govern gifts and conflicts.
“It is important to think about what something will look like to the public — even the appearance of impropriety is problematic,” Bone said, urging trustees to consult legal counsel on close questions. She reviewed criminal and civil penalties attached to bribery and violations of the Political Reform Act and said gift reporting is…
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