Procedure for Grievance involving Third Party Survey

Policy C225, in accordance with Indiana Code 20-26-21-6, requires a grievance procedure for resolving concerns related to administration of personal analysis, evaluation or surveys of students.  A parent or guardian of a student, or an adult or emancipated student, may file a grievance regarding such analyses, evaluations, or surveys, as follows.

1. The parent or guardian or adult/emancipated student shall submit a complaint in writing to the superintendent or superintendent’s designee, setting forth the specific nature of the complaint regarding the potential violation of I.C. 20-26-21.  Those reasons would include:

• that the school corporation is using a third-party vendor and that the school corporation and/or the vendor are recording, collecting, and/or maintaining responses or results of individual students; 
• that the school corporation has failed to notify and seek permission from the parent/guardian or adult/emancipated student regarding the survey; 
• that the school corporation has failed to post the personal analysis/evaluation/survey and provide an explanation of the reasons for administering; or 
• that the school corporation has failed to provide a student with appropriate alternative academic instruction during the time frame the personal analysis/evaluation/survey was administered when consent was not provided. 

2. The superintendent, or his/her designee, shall respond to the grievance within twenty-one (21) calendar days providing specific information regarding the complaint.

West Lafayette Community School Corporation

Adopted: November 24, 2025

Revised: [date]