Complaints
The San Miguel Joint Union School District recognizes that it has the primary responsibility to ensure compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations governing educational programs. The District shall investigate and seek to resolve any complaints alleging failure to comply with such laws and/or alleging unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying in accordance with the uniform complaint procedures.
The District shall use the uniform complaint procedures (UCP) to resolve any complaint alleging unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying in district programs and activities based on actual or perceived characteristics of race or ethnicity, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or genetic information, or any other characteristic identified in Education Code 200 or 220, Penal Code 422.55, or Government Code 11135, or based on association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
Uniform complaint procedures (UCP) shall also be used to address any complaint alleging the District's failure to comply with the prohibition against requiring students to pay fees, deposits, or other charges for participation in educational activities (AB 1575), the requirements for the development and adoption of a school safety plan, legal requirements related to the implementation of the local control and accountability plan per Education Code 52075, and state and/or federal laws in adult education programs, consolidated categorical aid programs, migrant education, career technical and technical education and training programs, child care and development programs, child nutrition programs, and special education programs.
For complaints regarding district employees:
Board Policy 1312.1 Complaints Regarding District Employees
AR 1312.1 Complaints Regarding District Employees
The District will use its Uniform Complaint procedures to investigate any of the above complaints.
Board Policy 1312.3 Uniform Complaint Procedures
AR 1312.3 Uniform Complaint Procedures
The District's Williams uniform complaint procedures shall be used to investigate and resolve any complaint related to the following:
Sufficiency of textbooks or instructional materials
Emergency or urgent facility conditions that pose a threat to the health or safety of students or staff
Teacher vacancies and misassignments
AR 1312.4 William's Uniform Complaint Procedures