Non-Discrimination

OCR's mission is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence through vigorous enforcement of civil rights in our nation's schools.

• Phone: 1-800-421-3481
• Email: ocr@ed.gov
• Office for Civil Rights website
• Office for Civil Rights Complaint Forms

The California Department of Education supports high-quality educational programs for California's diverse student population through its educational leadership role and places great importance on cultivating a diverse staff that understands and promotes the intellectual, ethical, cultural, emotional, and physical growth of each student. The California Department of Education, Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) is charged with ensuring compliance with State and Federal civil rights laws, and regulations in CDE employment and delivery of education services.

• California Department of Education - Office of Equal Opportunity website
• Phone: 916-445-9174

The rights of a pupil shall include the list of rights specified in Section 221.8 of California Education Code relating to educational equity.

The Palo Alto Unified School District is committed to ensuring accessibility of its website for students, parents, and members of the community, including those with disabilities. District websites will be maintained in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act ("Section 504") and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("Title II").

The Palo Alto Unified School District is committed to ensuring accessibility of its website for students, parents, and members of the community, including those with disabilities. District websites will be maintained in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act ("Section 504") and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("Title II").

The District shall ensure that all new, updated, and existing District webpages are accessible to all persons, including those with disabilities. The District shall ensure that all website content or functionality on District's websites shall conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines ("WCAG") 2.0, Level AA standards, and the Web Accessibility Initiative Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite (WAI-ARIA) 1.0 guidelines.

If you have trouble accessing any of our webpages or documents please contact us and provide the URL (web address) of the material you tried to access, the problem you experienced and your contact information. You may provide feedback and contact us through Let's Talk.

A student, parent or member of the public who wishes to submit a complaint regarding a violation of Section 504 or Title II related to accessibility of any District webpages that are developed or maintained by the District may initiate a complaint pursuant to the uniform complaint procedures in Administrative Regulation 1312.3.