Student Services
- Marlin Sumpter
- Director of Student Services
- (805) 963-4338, extension 6278 and 6276
- E-mail: msumpter@sbsdk12.org
Essential Responsibilities:
- Coordinate the development, refinement, and implementation of the district’s and school sites’ policies
and plans for complying with the requirements of the Unruh Civil Rights Act.
- Monitor and evaluate compliance with the requirements of the ADA, Section 504, and other disability law.
- Work with the district’s director of facilities and operations, in seeing that all architectural access barriers
at school sites and district facilities are removed.
- Prepare ADA access compliance reports.
- Assists in the development of policies supporting the equal opportunity of disabled students to participate in
all district programs.
- Work with each school site in the development of an annual Disability Awareness Day.
- Coordinate the referral of, investigation and resolution of complaints and grievances alleging failure to comply
with ADA regulations or discrimination on the basis of disability.
- Complaint Officer.
- Coordinate the development, refinement, implementation, and reporting of the District’s and school sites’ policies
and plans for complying with state and federal English learner requirements.
- Coordinate the District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC).
- Develop an in-service training program to ensure that staff have the necessary skills to provide appropriate instructional
and support services to English learners.
- Coordinate educational placement decisions for foster children.
- Oversee the Administrative Hearing Panel.
- Coordinate the district’s Safe School Plan.