Parent Complaints

Uniform Complaint Procedures (UCP)

The Keppel Union School District has the primary responsibility to ensure compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations, and shall investigate complaints alleging failure to comply with those laws and regulations pertaining to discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and/or bullying and unauthorized charging of pupil fees for educational activities, and failure to comply with legal requirements pertaining to the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP). The District shall seek to resolve those complaints in accordance with the procedures set out in Sections 4600-4687 of the Title 5 Regulations and the policies and procedures of the District.

The UCP process may be used to report noncompliance of applicable state and federal laws and regulations; file complaints alleging discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and/or bullying; unauthorized charging of pupil fees for educational activities; noncompliance with physical education instructional minutes at specified grade levels; noncompliance with education provisions for pupils in foster care and pupils who are homeless; provision of courses without educational content and previously completed/graded courses sufficient for satisfying requirements/prerequisites for post-secondary education and receipt of a diploma, except under specified conditions; failure to reasonably accommodate lactating students; or alleging failure to comply with legal requirements under the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP); and/or to appeal District decisions regarding such complaints.  UCP brochures are available at all school sites in the primary languages of that school community. Complainants are encouraged, where possible, to try to resolve their complaints directly at the school or work site or through the Student Support Services Office.

Any individual, public agency, or organization may file a written complaint alleging a matter which, if true, would constitute a violation by the District of federal or state laws or regulations governing the programs and activities as well as allegations of unlawful discrimination identified above. UCP complaints are to be submitted in writing to:

Keppel Union School District
Priya Darbari, Compliance Coordinator
34004 128th Street E.
Pearblossom, CA 93553

Any person with a disability or who is unable to prepare a written complaint can receive assistance from the site-administrator/designee or by calling the Superintendents Office at (661) 944-2155 or email Karina Hoffman, Executive Assistant to the Compliance Coordinator at, khoffman@keppel.k12.ca.us

The District assures confidentiality to the maximum extent possible. The District prohibits retaliation against anyone who files a complaint or anyone who participates in the complaint investigation process. Complainants are advised that civil law remedies may also be available to them.

The sixty (60) day timeline for the investigation and District response shall begin when the written complaint is received by the Compliance Coordinator/Superintendents Office.