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MODESE Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Complaint Procedures

This guide explains how to file a complaint about any of the programs1 that are administered by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (the Department) under the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA).

General Information

  1. What is a complaint under ESSA?
  2. Who may file a complaint?
  3. How can a complaint be filed?
     

Complaints filed with LEA

  1. How will a complaint filed with the LEA be investigated?
  2. What happens if a complaint is not resolved at the local level (LEA)?
     

Complaints filed with the Department

  1. How can a complaint be filed with the Department?
  2. How will a complaint filed with the Department be investigated?
  3. How are complaints related to equitable services to nonpublic school children handled differently?
     

Appeals

  1. How will appeals to the Department be investigated?
  2. What happens if the complaint is not resolved at the state level (the Department)?

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Every Student Succeeds
Act of 2015 (ESSA) COMPLAINT PROCEDURES

For more information, contact Dr. Amy Ross at 417-255-8676 or amy.ross@zizzers.org