Xxxxxxxxxxx Equity Committee. The District will make a good faith effort, by writing, emailing, and, as needed, calling stakeholders to establish a Stakeholder Equity Committee (Committee) of community representatives and will provide OCR with documentation that it has done so within 90 days of execution of this Agreement. Such stakeholders should include Loleta Elementary School (School) site representatives, teachers, administrators, County Office of Education administrators, counselors, and special education staff, Native American tribal council members from local tribes, other local tribal leaders and members, community organizations, and parents/guardians. If the District provides OCR with evidence it has made such a good faith effort to establish the Committee for one calendar year, and despite its efforts, the District has been unable to secure meaningful participation from the local tribes, community organizations, and parents, the District may discontinue its efforts to establish a Committee and instead hold community forums that address the same topics, at least twice a year in locations agreed upon with tribal leaders in the evening or on weekends when parents and other community members are available. The Committee will meet twice a year at a minimum, by the following dates: January 31, 2018, June 30, 2018, and by the same dates annually thereafter during the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years, to review the District’s student discipline data by race/national origin for the prior semester, relevant data and information to evaluate the District’s progress in ensuring a positive school climate and nondiscrimination in discipline, and development/implementation of the Corrective Action Plan described in Section III of this Agreement. If the stakeholders are not all available to meet at the same date and time, the District may convene a meeting with available stakeholders. Stakeholders who are unable to attend a meeting may submit recommendations by writing to the Director. The Director will coordinate Committee meetings and work. The Committee will make recommendations to the District regarding the effectiveness of the District’s discipline policies, practices, and procedures, and implementation of its Corrective Action Plan. The District will invite the County Office of Education to assign one or more members of its staff who has authority to approve budget expenditures authority and authority over the Humboldt Del Norte Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) and special...
