Charter School Enrollment Practices Complaints

CharterSchoolComplaintNoticeandFormforSASCA-CV

California Education Code Requirements

California Education Code (EC) Section 47605(d)(4)
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=47605&lawCode=EDC
states the following:

• A charter school shall not discourage a pupil from enrolling or seeking to enroll in a charter school for any reason, including, but not limited to, the academic performance of the pupil or because the pupil exhibits any of the following characteristics:

- - Academically low-achieving
  - Economically disadvantaged (determined by eligibility for any free or reduced-price meal program)
  - English learner
  - Ethnicity
  - Foster youth
  - Homeless
  - Nationality
  - Neglected or delinquent
  - Race
  - Sexual orientation
  - Pupils with disabilities
  - A charter school shall not request a pupil's records or require the parent, guardian, or pupil to submit
    the pupil's records to the charter school before enrollment.
  - A charter school shall not encourage a pupil currently attending the charter school to disenroll from the
    charter school or transfer to another school for any reason (except for suspension or expulsion).
  - This notice shall be posted on a charter school's Internet website and a charter school will provide
    copies of this notice.
    1. When a parent, guardian, or pupil inquiry about enrollment;
    2. Before conducting an enrollment lottery, and
    3. Before dis enrollment of a pupil.

Complaint Procedures: In order to submit a complaint, complete the Charter School Complaint Form and submit the form to the charter school authorizer, electronically or in hard copy, to the following location:

San Bernardino County Office of Education
601 North E Street
San Bernardino, CA. 92415
[email protected]
909-386-2704