Charter School Enrollment Practices Complaints
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:
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:
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- 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.- When a parent, guardian, or pupil inquiry about enrollment;
- Before conducting an enrollment lottery, and
- Before dis enrollment of a pupil.
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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