DMUSD Accountablility

Ensuring Transparency and Accountability in the Del Mar Union School District

Resources

DMUSD – Del Mar Union School District website.

DMSEF – The Del Mar Schools Education Foundation (DMSEF) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that raises money to help fund the STEAM+ teachers in the Del Mar Union School District (DMUSD).

PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)

DMUSD After School Programs

DMUSD GOVERNING BOARD OF TRUSTEES

2022 GOVERNING BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING SCHEDULE

DMUSD Transparency – You tube channel with recorded DMUSD board meetings since 2018.

SECTION 504 – Civil rights statute aimed at preventing or correcting discrimination based on disability.

IDEA – The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children.

CDE – California Department of Education

NCCSE – North Coastal Consortium for Special Education is a Special Education Local Planning Area (SELPA) composed of 14 school districts in North San Diego County. Do you have questions about your child’s special education services? Contact the NCCSE Parent Liaison Heidi Marshall either via email heidi.marshall@sdcoe.net or at 760 307-1509. The Parent Liaison is the parent of a child with disabilities. All emails and calls to the Parent Liaison are confidential.

EFRC – Exceptional Family Resource Center provides support, information and education for families of children with disabilities and the professionals who assist these families.

Resolutions for Student Success (RSS) – RSS is a voluntary, confidential, no cost, local mediation process designed to resolve special education disagreements between families and districts within the fourteen school districts in the North County Consortium for Special Education (NCCSE). RSS is facilitated by the Exceptional Family Resource Center. For more information call the RSS mediation coordinator at (619) 594-7383.

DMSUD Uniform Complaints – The District shall investigate and seek to resolve complaints alleging failure to comply with applicable state and federal law or regulations governing educational programs, including allegations of unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation or bullying.

OCR – Office of Civil Rights. OCR’s mission is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence through vigorous enforcement of civil rights in our nation’s schools.

How to File a Discrimination Complaint with the Office for Civil Rights – Educational institutions have a responsibility to protect every student’s right to learn in a safe environment free from unlawful discrimination and to prevent unjust deprivations of that right.

14 Tips for Writing an OCR Complaint that gets Noticed 

Uniform Complaint Procedures (UCP) – A written and signed statement is a formal request to the CDE alleging a violation of federal or state laws or regulations, which may include an allegation of unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying.

Special Education Complaint Process – A written signed complaint is a formal request to the CDE to investigate allegations in which the complainant believes the public agency (e.g. student’s school district) has violated special education law or regulation, federal or state. Complaints may concern one child or student, or a group of students.