Student Eligibility Notice

NOTICE TO PARENTS/GUARDIANS AND PUPILS:

STUDENT ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE IN PREPARING FOR THE CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAM (CAHSEE) AFTER GRADE 12

Parents/Guardians and Pupils:

Pursuant to California Education Code section 37254, you are hereby notified that:

1. Pupils, including English learners, who have not passed one or both parts of the California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE) by the end of grade 12 are entitled to receive intensive instruction and services for up to two consecutive academic years after completion of grade 12 or until they pass both parts of the CAHSEE, whichever comes first;

2. English learners, who have not passed one or both parts of the CAHSEE by the end of grade 12, are entitled to receive services to improve English proficiency as needed to pass those parts of the CAHSEE not yet passed for up to two consecutive academic years after completion of grade 12 or until they pass both parts of the CAHSEE, whichever comes first; and

3. Pupils, who have not passed one or both parts of the CAHSEE by the end of grade 12, have the right to file a complaint regarding intensive instruction and services under the Uniform Complaint Procedures if he or she was not provided the opportunity to receive intensive instruction and services for up to two consecutive academic years after completion of grade 12 or until they pass both parts of the CAHSEE, whichever comes first.

If you have any questions about eligibility for services, wish to obtain services, or wish to file a complaint regarding services, please contact Barbara Gaskin at Durham Unified School District, 9420 Putney Drive, P.O. Box 300, Durham, CA 95938 (530) 895-4675.