AF Amistad High School Family Handbook 2017-2018 | 91 4. Level 4 – Charter Authorizer Review: If the parent is not satisfied with the Board’s decision, the parent may present their complaint to the Charter Schools Office at the Connecticut State Department of Education. Level Four Grievances shall be submitted to the School Services Manager (SSM) on the Grievance Form or by letter, who will then forward the Grievance to the Office of Charter Schools. The authorizer will investigate and respond. (Please note that the school will ask the Authorizer not respond to complaints that have not gone through Informal Resolution and Levels One through Three). General Provisions Title VI, Title IX and Section 504 protect complainants from retaliation for reporting allegations of discrimination and participating in an investigation. The administration will take steps to prevent retaliation and take strong responsive action should retaliation occur. In the event that there is a finding of discrimination, the administration will take steps that are reasonably calculated to end discrimination; to prevent recurrence of any discrimination; and to correct discriminatory effects on the complainant and others, if appropriate. The administration will contact the person raising alleged violations within a reasonable period of time following conclusion of the investigation and grievance process to assess whether there has been on-going discrimination or retaliation, and to determine whether additional supportive measures are needed. Additional procedures for Claims Alleging Harassment or Hostile Educational Environment The administration, when evaluating whether there is a hostile environment for a student, will consider the effects of harassment that occurred in school and those incidents that occurred outside of school that may affect the school environment. Alleged victims of harassment will not be required to work out the problem directly with alleged perpetrators without appropriate involvement by administration. Any informal process can be ended by an alleged victim at any time in order to begin a formal stage of the complaint process. The administration will consider providing interim measures to an alleged victim pending the outcome of the recipient’s investigation, when appropriate (such as prohibiting the alleged perpetrator to contact the alleged victim; changing the alleged perpetrator’s class and bus schedule to minimize contact with the alleged victim, etc.).