Report 2012-108 Recommendation 13 Responses

Report 2012-108: School Safety and Nondiscrimination Laws: Most Local Educational Agencies Do Not Evaluate the Effectiveness of Their Programs, and the State Should Exercise Stronger Leadership (Release Date: August 2013)

Recommendation #13 To: Sacramento City Unified School District

To ensure that it is effectively preventing and addressing incidents of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying in its schools, Sacramento City Unified should update its policies and procedures to calculate the state-mandated time limit for resolving complaints in accordance with state regulations.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2015

Effective March 5, 2015, the District updated Board Policy/Administrative Regulation 1312.3 to reflect the state-mandated time limit for resolving complaints. See District website at:

www.scusd.edu/uniform-complaint-procedure.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented

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1-Year Agency Response

The District will update current board policies and administrative regulations to reflect the state-mandated time limits for resolving complaints in accordance with state regulations.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending

6-Month Agency Response

The District will modify current policies to ensure state-mandated time limits of for resolution are in accordance with state regulations.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending

60-Day Agency Response

The District will review current policies and modify as needed to reflect complaint resolution in accordance with state regulations.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending

The district's response indicates that it is in the process of reviewing its current policies to implement our recommendation.

All Recommendations in 2012-108

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.