Advisory Grievance Committee

Pace Charter School of Hamilton has an advisory grievance committee which hears complaints on the part of individuals or groups who allege a violation of the provisions of the school’s
Charter.

This grievance committee is an ad hoc committee of the Board of Trustees, including trustees, parents, and teachers as members. The grievance and complaint review process includes:

1. Written description of the grievance, along with any supporting documentation, to bepresented by the aggrieved party to the grievance committee no later than one month after the fact;
2. Committee review of the grievance and all supporting materials along with interview of the aggrieved and other relevant parties within one month’s time;
3. Committee decision within one week’s time or a call for more information, in which case theprocess starts again with 2;Tthe advisory grievance committee makes its decision and nonbinding recommendations concerning the disposition of the complaint known to the school’s Board of Trustees;
4. The Board of Trustees considers the recommendations of the grievance committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting and renders a decision;
5. If the Board decides wholly or partially for the aggrieved, any remedial action is to be taken as expeditiously as possible;
6. If the aggrieved is dissatisfied with the Board’s decision, an appeal may be made to the Commissioner of Education.

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