SBCEO Uniform Complaints

A complaint regarding the violation of specific federal and state programs that use categorical funds such as:

• 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 Programs
• 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, pupils formerly in Juvenile Court now enrolled in a school district, pupils who are migratory, and pupils participating in a newcomer program.
• Every Student Succeeds Act
• Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAP)
• Migrant Education
• Physical Education Instructional Minutes
• Pupil Fees
• Reasonable Accommodations to a Lactating Pupil
• Regional Occupational Centers and Programs
• School Plans for Student Achievement
• 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) or designee deems appropriate.

Contacts in the California Department of Education (CDE) for programs and subjects covered under the UCP can be found on the Uniform Complaint Procedures Contacts web page.