The Board of
Education will address complaints regarding insufficient textbooks and
instructional materials, teacher vacancies or misassignments, and emergency or urgent facilities
conditions that pose a threat to the health and safety of students or
staff that may be filed pursuant Education Code 35186.
A complaint
alleging any condition(s) specified above shall be filed with the
principal/program administrator or designee. The principal/program administrator or designee shall forward a
complaint about problems beyond his/her authority to the Superintendent
or designee within ten working days.
If the
complainant has indicated on the complaint form that he/she would like a
response to his/her complaint, the principal/program administrator or designee shall report
the resolution of the complaint to him/her within 45 working days of the
initial filing of the complaint. At the same time, the principal/program administrator
or designee shall report the same information to the Superintendent or
designee. Complaints may be filed
anonymously.
If a complainant is
not satisfied with the resolution of the complaint, he/she may describe
the complaint to the Board of Education at a regularly scheduled
hearing.
For complaints
concerning a facility condition that poses an emergency or urgent threat
to the health or safety of students as described above, a complainant
who is not satisfied with the resolution proffered by the principal/program administrator,
Superintendent, or designee may file an appeal to the Superintendent of
Public Instruction.
Policy Adopted:
February 1, 2005
