Southern Local School District
Administrative Guidelines
 

2260B1 - SECTION 504 COMPLAINT PROCEDURES

The Board of Education in compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as administered by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, regarding the establishment of complaint procedures for students and public employees, does hereby establish and adopt the following procedures for the orderly settlement of complaints of students and employees of the District.

School District shall mean Southern Local School District.

Board of Education shall mean the Board of Education of Southern Local School District.

Student shall mean an individual enrolled in any formal educational program provided by the School District.

Employee shall mean an individual who receives remuneration from the School District for services rendered.

Immediate Supervisor shall mean any employee responsible for, or exercising any degree of supervision or authority over, another employee or student.

Intermediate Supervisor shall mean the administrator to whom the immediate supervisor is directly responsible.

Compliance Coordinator shall mean the District official responsible for the coordination of activities relating to compliance with Title IX.

COMPLAINT PROCEDURES
 A.Informal Stage
  The aggrieved student or employee shall orally present his/her grievance to his/her immediate supervisor who shall orally and informally discuss the complaint with the aggrieved individual within five (5) school days after the complaint has been presented to him/her. If such complaint is not satisfactorily resolved at this stage, the aggrieved individual may proceed to the intermediate stages.
 B.Intermediate Stage
  Within ten (10) school days after a determination has been made at the preceding stage, the aggrieved student or employee may, in writing, present the complaint to the intermediate supervisor to whom his/her immediate supervisor is directly responsible, if such there be, who shall orally discuss the complaint with the aggrieved individual. The intermediate supervisor shall render a determination to the aggrieved individual within five (5) school days after the complaint has been presented to him/her. If such complaint is not satisfactorily resolved at this stage, the aggrieved individual may proceed to the formal stage.
 C.Formal Stage
  1.Within ten (10) school days after a determination has been made by the immediate supervisor and intermediate supervisor, the aggrieved student or employee and immediate supervisor and intermediate supervisor in the case to submit written statements to him/her within five (5) school days setting forth the specific nature of the complaint, the facts relating thereto, and the determinations previously rendered.

  2.If such is requested in written statement of either party pursuant to paragraph 2, above, the Compliance Coordinator shall notify all parties concerned in the case, of the time and place when an informal hearing will be held where such parties may appear and present oral and written statements supplementing their position in the case. Such hearings shall be held within ten (10) school days of receipt of the written statements pursuant to paragraph 1.
  3.The Compliance Coordinator shall render a determination within five (5) school days after the written statements pursuant to paragraph 1 have been presented to him/her, or ten (10) school days after the completion of the informal hearing.
 D.Office of Civil Rights
  If the complaint has not been satisfactorily resolved in the above stages, the student or employee may appeal in writing directly to the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, Plaza Nine Building, Room 300, 55 Erieview Plaza, Cleveland, Ohio 44114.
 E.Right to Withdraw Complaint
  Complaint may be withdrawn by the complainant at any level.

Revised 3/97