San Rafael board waives second reading to update uniform complaint procedures for annual parent notice

The San Rafael City Schools Board of Trustees on Aug. 18 approved a first reading and waived the second reading of revisions to its uniform complaint procedures so the district can include the changes in the parent annual notification for the coming school year.

District staff told the board the revisions update the district’s uniform complaint policy to align with Education Code language and federal guidance from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights. Staff also noted a typographical omission in the draft: an item under non-UCP complaints should refer to the county department, and the board directed staff to add the missing reference before publication.

Board members agreed to waive the second reading because the change was time-sensitive for notification to families. The board voted to approve the first-reading action and the waiver by voice vote after motions moved and seconded by trustees as recorded in the meeting: the motion to approve the first reading was moved by Trustee Lau and seconded by Trustee DeNammarche; the motion to waive the second reading was moved and seconded in subsequent procedure and approved by voice vote.

Trustees asked staff for care in finalizing regulatory language; one trustee thanked staff for catching the typographical omission. The transcript records policy references read aloud as “5145.3,” “5145.7” and “5145.71” (as read at the meeting); the board did not provide statutory citations beyond those regulation numbers in the transcript.

The board did not provide a written copy of the final text in the transcript; staff said the revisions will be included in annual notifications to parents.