Report 2019-104 Recommendation 20 Responses
Report 2019-104: Youth Experiencing Homelessness: California's Education System for K-12 Inadequately Identifies and Supports These Youth (Release Date: November 2019)
Recommendation #20 To: Gridley Unified School District
To comply with federal law and best practices, Gridley should, before academic year 2020-21, publish information on its website about the educational rights and protections of youth experiencing homelessness.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From November 2021
The Gridley Unified School District has revised our posters to reflect the educational rights and protections of youth experiencing homelessness. These assurances include a statement that information provided to the district from homeless families will not be shared.
- Completion Date: October 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented
1-Year Agency Response
The district added a page to the district website specifically detailing the rights of homeless students, noting the current liaison, and including links to additional resources. This page is available from the district homepage under the heading "Student Services" then clicking on the "McKinney-Vento (Homeless and Foster)" link. Resources were posted in English and Spanish on the page.
- Completion Date: August 2020
- Response Date: November 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending
The information on Gridley's website does not include protections afforded to youth experiencing homelessness. Until the website includes this information, we will continue to report this recommendation as not fully implemented.
- Auditee did not address all aspects of the recommendation
6-Month Agency Response
Revision of school public-facing website information about homelessness is on the punchlist of summer projects to be completed by the technology and special projects departments during summer 2020 as part of the yearly overhaul of the web presence.
- Estimated Completion Date: August, 2020
- Response Date: May 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending
60-Day Agency Response
GUSD District Special Projects staff will develop and prominently post on the website a page dedicated to updated M-V educational rights and protections of youth experiencing homelessness.
- Estimated Completion Date: May, 2020
- Response Date: January 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
All Recommendations in 2019-104
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.