Safe Place to Learn Act
SAFE PLACE TO LEARN ACT
For students, employees, parents or guardians of students, school and district advisory committees, agents of the Board of Education, and the general public
LBUSD is committed to maintaining a learning environment that is free from bullying, discrimination, harassment, violence, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived characteristics set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code and EC 220, and disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. This policy applies to all acts related to school activity or school attendance occurring within any school under our jurisdiction. Any student who engages in acts of discrimination, harassment, violence, intimidation, or bullying related to school activity or school attendance occurring within a school of the school district may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including expulsion.
Under the Athletes’ Bill of Rights, all students have the right to protection from discrimination based on sex in all athletic programs, access to participate in all academic and extracurricular activities, including the right to apply for athletic scholarships and the right to ask the Athletic Director about athletic opportunities offered by the school.
The LBUSD provides specific guidance and a list of statewide resources aimed at preventing teen dating violence. This guidance is designed to improve pupil safety and strengthen connections between students and supportive adults. Resources can be accessed on our website at
https://www.lbschools.net/departments/swbh/mental-health-resources
LBUSD has adopted a Uniform Complaint Procedure (UCP) to address complaints of discrimination or bullying. School personnel who witness an act of discrimination or bullying must take immediate steps to intervene when it is safe to do so. Incidents of racial discrimination or harassment at athletic events must be reported using the standardized form available at:
https://www.lbschools.net/about/complaint-regulations-and-forms
To report an incident and/or to receive a copy of the district’s anti-discrimination, anti-harassment, anti-intimidation, and anti-bullying policies, please contact: UCP and Equity Compliance Officer Steve Rockenbach, Director of Employee Relations, 1515 Hughes Way, Long Beach, CA 90815, 562-997-8220, srockenbach@lbschools.net
Effective July 1, 2026, our campus maintains at least one all-gender restroom that is unlocked and available to all students during school hours.
NOTICE TO PARENTS / GUARDIANS / PUPILS / TEACHERS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR COMPLAINT RIGHTS
Parents, Guardians, Pupils and Teachers:
Pursuant to California Education Code Section 35186, you are hereby notified that:
- There should be sufficient textbooks and instructional materials. That means each pupil, including English learners, must have a textbook or instructional materials, or both, to use in class and to take home.
- School facilities must be clean, safe, and maintained in good repair.
- There should be no teacher vacancies or misassignments. There should be a teacher assigned to each class and not a series of substitutes or other temporary teachers. The teacher should have the proper credential to teach the class, including the certification required to teach English learners if present.
Teacher vacancy means a position to which a single designated certificated employee has not been assigned at the beginning of the year for an entire year or, if the position is for a one semester course, a position to which a single designated certificated employee has not been assigned at the beginning of a semester for an entire semester.
Misassignment means the placement of a certificated employee in a teaching or services position for which the employee does not hold a legally recognized certificate or credential or the placement of a certificated employee in a teaching or services position that the employee is not otherwise authorized by statute to hold.
A complaint form may be obtained at the school office, district office, or downloaded from the district’s web site at: www.lbschools.net. You may also download a copy of the California Dept. of Education complaint form from: www.cde.ca.gov/re/cp/uc/.
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