Camp

I. BACKGROUND2

A. The Operative Complaint Plaintiff commenced this action in August 2017. His operative fourth amended complaint, filed in November 2018, includes causes of action for unlawful retaliation in violation of section 1102.5 and violation of FEHA (Gov. Code, § 12940, subd.

1 Undesignated statutory references that follow are to the Labor Code. 2 Defendant’s request for judicial notice of documents relating to school funding and the legislative history of section 1102.5 is denied. The documents, even if judicially noticed, would not alter our disposition of the appeal.

2 (h)).3 Plaintiff alleges he was fired from his position as principal at Owensmouth Continuation High School (Owensmouth) based on a pretextual finding that he falsified students’ grades to make them eligible to play football at an affiliated school, Canoga Park High School (Canoga Park). With respect to the section 1102.5 whistleblower retaliation cause of action, plaintiff alleges he was fired, among other reasons, for complaining to his superiors about defendant’s alleged misuse of federal funds received under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the Every Student…