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If you were employed by PowerSchool Group LLC as a non-exempt employee in California at any time (i) from June 30, 2017, through January 11, 2024, you could be a Class Member and receive a payment from a proposed class action settlement.

You are not being sued. Read the California Notice of Pending Class Action Settlement carefully, as your legal rights could be affected whether you act or not.

The Superior Court of California for the County of Sacramento (the “Court”) has preliminarily approved a class action settlement that may affect your legal rights. The proposed settlement resolves a class, collective, and representative action lawsuit filed by former employee Bethany A. Butler (“Plaintiff ”) against PowerSchool Group LLC (“PowerSchool”) - Bethany A. Butler v. PowerSchool Group, LLC, Sup. Ct. Sacramento Co., Lead Case No. 34-2021-00299363 (the “Lawsuit”).

This Lawsuit is based on various allegations pursuant to California law, including but not limited to, PowerSchool’s alleged 1) Failure to Pay Minimum, Regular and Overtime Wages; 2) Failure to Provide Meal Periods; 3) Failure to Authorize and Permit Rest Periods; 4) Failure to Reimburse Business Expenses; 5) Failure to Provide Accurate Itemized Wage Statements; 6) Failure to Timely Pay Wages Due at Separation; and 7) Violation of the Unfair Competition Law. The lawsuit also asserts violations of the California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (“PAGA”) and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Depending on your dates of employment, you may qualify for recovery under those claims as part of this settlement to the extent the Court grants final approval of this settlement.
The settlement provides cash payments to Class Members who worked for PowerSchool in California at any time from June 30, 2017, through January 11, 2024 (the “Class Period”), based on the number of weeks each Class Member worked during the Class Period. As an individual eligible to participate in the settlement, to the extent the Court grants final approval of the settlement, you are estimated to receive a gross settlement payment related to the class claims.
To the extent the Court grants final approval of the settlement, the settlement also provides for additional cash payments to Class Members who worked for PowerSchool in California at any time from February 20, 2020, through January 11, 2024 (the “PAGA Period”), based on the number of weeks each eligible Class Member worked during the PAGA Period. Finally, to the extent the Court grants final approval of the settlement, the settlement also provides additional cash payments to all those who worked for PowerSchool as a non-exempt employee in California at any time from June 30, 2018, through January 11, 2024 (the “FLSA Period”), based on the number of weeks each eligible Class Member worked during the FLSA Period.
PowerSchool denies Plaintiff ’s contentions and maintains it has fully complied with the law. By entering into this settlement, PowerSchool in no way admits any violation of law or any liability whatsoever to Plaintiff or Class Members, individually or collectively, and expressly denies all such liability.

THE CALIFORNIA NOTICE OF PENDING CLASS ACTION LAW SETTLEMENT IS NOT TO BE UNDERSTOOD OR VIEWED AS AN EXPRESSION OF ANY OPINION FROM THE COURT AS TO THE MERITS OF ANY OF THE CLAIMS ASSERTED BY PLAINTIFF OR DEFENSES ASSERTED BY POWERSCHOOL.

Your Legal Rights and Options in this Settlement
DO NOTHING	You do not have to do anything in response to the California Notice of Pending Class Action Settlement. If you do nothing, you will remain eligible to automatically receive an Individual Settlement Payment if the Court grants final approval of the settlement and be bound by the release provisions in the Settlement Agreement.
OPT OUT	You may opt out of the settlement by submitting a request for exclusion in the manner discussed in the California Notice of Pending Class Action Settlement. If you opt out, you may not object to the settlement, you shall not receive an Individual Settlement Payment, and you shall not be bound by the release provisions in the Settlement Agreement. However, regardless if you choose to opt out, to the extent the Court grants final approval of the settlement and you worked within the PAGA Period and/or FLSA Period identified above, you will still be sent a settlement check associated with those claims, as more fully described in the California Notice of Pending Class Action Settlement.
OBJECT	You may object to the settlement by submitting a written objection. You may also appear in person or remotely at the final approval hearing to object, regardless of whether you submit a written objection (connection details included below). If the Court grants final approval of the settlement despite your objection, you still will remain eligible to automatically receive an Individual Settlement Payment if the Court grants final approval of the settlement and be bound by the release provisions in the Settlement Agreement. However, you can only file an objection if you do not opt out of the settlement.

Your Legal Rights and Options in this Settlement

DO NOTHING

You do not have to do anything in response to the California Notice of Pending Class Action Settlement. If you do nothing, you will remain eligible to automatically receive an Individual Settlement Payment if the Court grants final approval of the settlement and be bound by the release provisions in the Settlement Agreement.

OPT OUT

You may opt out of the settlement by submitting a request for exclusion in the manner discussed in the California Notice of Pending Class Action Settlement. If you opt out, you may not object to the settlement, you shall not receive an Individual Settlement Payment, and you shall not be bound by the release provisions in the Settlement Agreement. However, regardless if you choose to opt out, to the extent the Court grants final approval of the settlement and you worked within the PAGA Period and/or FLSA Period identified above, you will still be sent a settlement check associated with those claims, as more fully described in the California Notice of Pending Class Action Settlement.

OBJECT

You may object to the settlement by submitting a written objection.

You may also appear in person or remotely at the final approval hearing to object, regardless of whether you submit a written objection (connection details included below).

If the Court grants final approval of the settlement despite your objection, you still will remain eligible to automatically receive an Individual Settlement Payment if the Court grants final approval of the settlement and be bound by the release provisions in the Settlement Agreement. However, you can only file an objection if you do not opt out of the settlement.