Report 2019-104 Recommendation 17 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 #17 To: Vallejo City Unified School District
To comply with federal law and best practices, Vallejo should, before academic year 2020-21, distribute information about the educational rights of youth experiencing homelessness in public places, including schools, shelters, public libraries, and food pantries frequented by families of such youth, as federal law requires. Further, to mitigate families' and youth's hesitance to disclosing their living situation the LEA should include the protections set forth in federal and state laws in the information it distributes.
6-Month Agency Response
VCUSD has been able to distribute information about the educational rights of youth experiencing homelessness in public places throughout the city of Vallejo, including schools, shelters, public libraries, food pantries, and at organizations that work with the public.
- Completion Date: June 2020
- Response Date: July 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Fully Implemented
60-Day Agency Response
VCUSD has distributed information about the educational rights of youth experiencing homelessness in several public places including: All VCUSD schools, the Solano County Library in Vallejo, John F. Kennedy Library in Vallejo, Fighting Back Partnership in Vallejo, the Christian Help Center shelter, Solano County Health & Social Services office, and the Solano County Children's Behavioral Health office.
- Completion Date: January 2020
- Response Date: January 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Partially Implemented
Although Vallejo provided documentation to support that it has distributed certain information for posting in public places, the posters it provided did not include protections afforded to youth experiencing homelessness. Specifically, the documentation it provided to us shows that the posters include rights of youth experiencing homelessness. However, the posters do not detail the protections available to these youth and their families.
- Auditee did not substantiate its claim of full implementation
All Recommendations in 2019-104
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.