Uniform Complaint Procedure
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In accordance with the District’s Uniform Complaint Procedures (5 CCR 4620) each school district shall follow uniform complaint procedures when addressing complaints alleging violation of applicable state and federal laws and regulations governing education programs. The UCP shall be used to investigate and resolve allegations involving unlawful discrimination, including discriminatory harassment (sexual harassment, sexual violence, or harassment based on a protected group/characteristic, intimidation or bullying). Protected groups put forth under Title IX and in California are enumerated by Education Code §§200 and 220, Government Code §11135, and include actual or perceived sex, sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity, race, ancestry, national origin, religion, color, mental or physical disability, and age, as well as association with a member of a protected class.
The UCP also shall be used for allegations of a violation of specific federal and state programs that use categorical funds, such as Adult Education, After School Education and Safety, Agricultural Vocational Education, American Indian Education Centers, American Indian Early Childhood Education, Career Technical Education, Child Care and Development, Consolidated Categorical Aid, Foster Youth Services, Local Control Funding Formula and Local Control Accountability Plans, Migrant Education, Nutrition Services, Regional Occupational Centers, School Facilities, Special Education, Tobacco-Use Prevention Education, and Unlawful Pupil Fees.
A full list of complaints covered by the UCP can be found under . Additionally, it is the policy of the State of California, pursuant to §200, that all persons should enjoy freedom from discrimination and/or harassment of any kind in the educational institutions of the state. This also includes sexual harassment, which is a form of sexual discrimination (EC§231.5).