Policy – Category 2000 (Administration)
BP 2003 – Student Records
A parent/guardian may submit to the Superintendent or designee a written request to correct or remove from his/her child’s record any information concerning the child which the parent/guardian alleges to be any of the following:
1. Inaccurate
2. An unsubstantiated personal conclusion or inference
3. A conclusion or inference outs ide of the observer’s area of competence
4. Not based on the personal observation of a named person with the time and place of the observation noted
5. Misleading
6. In violation of the privacy or other rights of the student
Within 30 days of receiving a request to correct or remove information from a record, the Superintendent or designee shall meet with the parent/guardian and with the employee (if still employed) who recorded the information in question. The Superintendent shall then sustain or deny the allegations. However, in accordance with Section 49066 , the Superintendent shall not order a pupil’s grade to be changed unless the teacher who determined the grade is, to the extent practicable, given an opportunity to state orally, in writing, or both, the reasons for which the grade was given and is, to the extent practicable, included in all discussions relating to the changing of the grade.
If the parent/guardian’s allegations are sustained, the Superintendent shall order the correction or removal and destruction of the information.
If the Superintendent denies any or all of the allegations, the parent/guardian may write within 30 days to appeal the decision to the Governing School Board. Within 30 days of receiving the written appeal, the Board shall meet in closed sessions with the parent/guardian and the employee (if still employed) who recorded the information in question. The Board shall then decide whether or not to sustain or deny the allegations. If the Board sustains any or all of the allegations, the Superintendent shall immediately correct or remove and destroy the information from the student’s records, and so inform the parent/guardian in writing. The decision of the Governing School Board shall be final. If the decision of the Superintendent or Board is unfavorable to the parent/guardian, the parent/guardian shall have the right to submit a written statement of objection(s), which will become a part of the student’s record until the information objected to is corrected or removed.
BP 2003 – Student Records
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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 04/14)
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