LAC 28:CXLVII.317. Due Process and Grievance Procedures [Formerly §333]

A. The LEA shall establish grievance procedures to address the following components of due process. 1. The evaluatee shall be provided with a copy of his/her evaluation results no later than 15 days after the final evaluation rating is determined and shall be entitled to any documentation related to the evaluation. 2. The evaluatee shall be entitled to provide a written response to the evaluation, to become a permanent attachment to the evaluatee’s single official personnel file. 3. Upon the request of the evaluatee, a meeting between the evaluatee and the evaluator shall be held after the evaluation and prior to the end of the academic year. 4. The evaluatee shall be entitled to grieve to the superintendent or his/her designee, if the conflict in question is not resolved between evaluatee and evaluator. The evaluatee shall be entitled to representation during the grievance procedure. 5. Copies of the evaluation results and any documentation related thereto of any school employee may be retained by the LEA, the board, or the department and, if retained, are confidential, do not constitute a public record, and shall not be released or shown to any person except as provided by law. B. Failure by the LEA to adhere to the requirements of this Section shall be a grievable matter.