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California Department of Education
April 2021
Calexico Unified School District
Uniform Complaint Procedures (UCP) Annual Notice
2021–2022
The Calexico Unified School District annually notifies our students, employees, parents
or guardians of its students, the district advisory committee, school advisory
committees, appropriate private school officials, and other interested parties of the
Uniform Complaint Procedures (UCP) process.
The UCP Annual Notice is available on our website.
The Calexico Unified School District is primarily responsible for compliance with federal
and state laws and regulations, including those related to unlawful discrimination,
harassment, intimidation or bullying against any protected group, and all programs and
activities that are subject to the UCP.
Programs and Activities Subject to the UCP
• Accommodations for Pregnant and Parenting Pupils
• Adult Education
• After School Education and Safety
• Agricultural Career Technical Education
• Career Technical and Technical Education and Career Technical and Technical
Training Programs
• Child Care and Development
• Compensatory Education
• Consolidated Categorical Aid Programs
• Course Periods without Educational Content
• Discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying against any protected group
as identified under sections 200 and 220 and Section 11135 of the Government
Code, including any actual or perceived characteristic as set forth in Section
422.55 of the Penal Code, or on the basis of a person’s association with a person
or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, in any
program or activity conducted by an educational institution, as defined in Section
210.3, that is funded directly by, or that receives or benefits from, any state
financial assistance.
• Educational and graduation requirements for pupils in foster care, pupils who are
homeless, pupils from military families and pupils formerly in Juvenile Court now
enrolled in a school district
• Every Student Succeeds Act
• Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAP)
• Migrant Education
• Physical Education Instructional Minutes
• Pupil Fees
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• Reasonable Accommodations to a Lactating Pupil
• Regional Occupational Centers and Programs
• School Plans for Student Achievement
• School Safety Plans
• Schoolsite Councils
• State Preschool
• State Preschool Health and Safety Issues in LEAs Exempt from Licensing
And any other state or federal educational program the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction (SSPI) of the California Department of Education (CDE) or designee deems
appropriate.
Filing a UCP Complaint
A UCP complaint shall be filed no later than one year from the date the alleged violation
occurred.
For complaints relating to Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAP), the date of
the alleged violation is the date when the reviewing authority approves the LCAP or
annual update that was adopted by our agency.
A pupil enrolled in any of our public schools shall not be required to pay a pupil fee for
participation in an educational activity.
A pupil fee complaint may be filed with the principal of a school or our superintendent or
their designee.
A pupil fee or LCAP complaint may be filed anonymously, that is, without an identifying
signature, if the complainant provides evidence or information leading to evidence to
support an allegation of noncompliance.
Responsibilities of the Calexico Unified School District
We shall post a standardized notice, in addition to this notice, with educational and
graduation requirements for pupils in foster care, pupils who are homeless, pupils from
military families and pupils formerly in Juvenile Court now enrolled in a school district.
We advise complainants of the opportunity to appeal an Investigation Report of
complaints regarding programs within the scope of the UCP to the Department of
Education (CDE).
We advise complainants of civil law remedies, including injunctions, restraining orders,
or other remedies or orders that may be available under state or federal discrimination,
harassment, intimidation or bullying laws, if applicable.
Copies of our UCP procedures shall be available free of charge and downloadable from
our web page at https://www2.cusdk12.org/nsite/ under the “Forms/Information” tab.
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Contact Information
Complaints within the scope of the UCP are to be filed with the person responsible for
processing complaints:
Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services
Educational Services Office
901 Andrade Ave., Calexico, CA 92231
760-768-3892
eramirez@cusdk12.org
The above contact is knowledgeable about the laws and programs that they are
assigned to investigate in Calexico Unified School District.
