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Three Rivers School District
Code: AC-AR
Adopted: 11/21/05
Readopted: 2/02/16; 4/17/19; 6/16/21;
4/15/26
Orig. Code: AC-AR
Discrimination Complaint Procedure
Complaints regarding discrimination or harassment, on any basis protected by law, shall be processed in
accordance with the following procedures:
Step 1: Complaints may be oral or in writing and must be filed with the building principal. Any staff
member that receives an oral or written complaint shall report the complaint to the building
principal.
The building principal shall investigate, and determine the action to be taken, if any, and reply
in writing, to the complainant within 10 school days of receipt of the complaint.
Step 2: If the complainant wishes to appeal the decision of the principal, the complainant may submit
a written appeal to the superintendent or designee within five school days after receipt of the
building principal’s response to the complaint.
The superintendent or designee shall review the building principal’s decision within five
school days and may meet with all parties involved. The superintendent or designee will
review the merits of the complaint and the building principal’s decision. The superintendent or
designee will respond in writing to the complainant within 10 school days.
Step 3: If the complainant is not satisfied with the decision of the superintendent or designee, a written
appeal may be filed with the Board within five school days of receipt of the superintendent’s
or designee’s response to Step 2. The Board may decide to hear or deny the request for appeal
at a Board meeting. If the Board decides to hear the appeal, the Board may meet with the
concerned parties and their representative at the next regular or special Board meeting. The
Board’s decision will be final and will address each allegation in the complaint and contain
reasons for the Board’s decision. A copy of the Board’s final decision shall be sent to the
complainant in writing or electronic form within 30 days of receipt of the appeal by the Board.
If the building principal is the subject of the complaint, the individual may start at Step 2 and should file a
complaint with the superintendent or designee.
If the superintendent is the subject of the complaint, the complaint may start at Step 3 and should be
referred to the Board chair. The Board may refer the investigation to a third party.
Complaints against the Board as a whole or against an individual Board member, may start at Step 3 and
should be submitted to the Board chair and may be referred to district counsel. Complaints against the
Board chair may start at Step 3 and be referred directly to the Board vice chair.
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The timelines established in each step of this procedure may be extended based upon mutual consent of the
district and the complainant in writing, but will not be longer than 30 days from the date of the submission
of the complaint at any step. The overall timeline of this complaint procedure may be extended beyond 90
days from the initial filing of the complaint upon written mutual consent of the district and the
complainant.
The complainant, if a person who resides in the district, or a parent or guardian of a student who attends
school in the district, or a student, is not satisfied after exhausting local complaint procedures, the district
fails to render a written decision within 30 days of submission of the complaint at any step or fails to
resolve the complaint within 90 days of the initial filing of the complaint, may appeal, 1 the district’s final
decision to the Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction under Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR)
581-002-0001 – 002-0023.
Charter Schools of which the District Board is a Sponsor
The district, through its charter agreements with Sunny Wolf Charter School. Woodland Charter School,
Kalmiopsis Charter School and Applegate Valley Virtual Academy through this administrative regulation,
will not review an appeal of a decision reached by the Board of the district sponsored charter schools on a
complaint alleging a violation of Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 659.850 or Oregon Administrative Rule
(OAR) 581-021-0045 or 581-021-0046 (Discrimination), for which the district Board has jurisdiction, and
recognizes a decision reached by the Board of the above named Charter Schools as the district Board’s
final decision. A final decision reached by this district Board may be appealed to the Oregon Department
of Education under OAR 581-002-0001 - 581-002-0023.
1 An appeal must meet the criteria found in OAR 581-002-0005(1)(a).
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