Ethics and Compliance Monitoring Legal Services

The Ethics and Compliance Monitoring (ECM) Legal Services team was established on July 1, 2019 and is administered by Deneen Evans Cox, Deputy General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel.

Core Value

ECM values the District’s achievement of measurable and meaningful outcomes for students through performance and compliance and fosters the maxim that Compliance ensures that students have the necessary tools to succeed.

Mission

ECM’s mission is to:

Support the District’s efforts to improve student outcomes and ensure rights;
Monitor that District programs and services are operated in a manner that promotes equity, program accessibility, and a free appropriate public education, and
Oversee the District’s implementation of the IDEA, ADA, Section 504, Title VI, Title IX, and other student civil rights laws.

Vision

The LAUSD school community is resolute in the provision of equity, program accessibility, and a free appropriate public education as a means for improving student outcomes.

Our Why

The Ethics and Compliance Monitoring Legal Services team's "Why" for engaging with other District offices is to provide advisement and support in the District's efforts towards improved student outcomes and ensuring rights. ECM advisement focuses on the delivery of accessible programs, the prevention and protection of students from harassment and discrimination, the provision of free appropriate public education to students with disabilities, and the District's commitment to serve the community with integrity.

Supports

Since its inception on July 1, 2019, ECM work has focused on the following:

Stabilization and maintenance of the District’s continuous compliant implementation of state and federal special education legal requirements (IDEA and ADA) and student civil rights legal requirements;
Strengthening internal monitoring systems and supports to prevent, identify and resolve issues of noncompliance with law;
CDE’s findings of LAUSD on the Annual Performance Report (APR);
Implementation of the District’s ADA Title II Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan;

Rapid Access Program
Barrier Removal Program
Assessing web accessibility and ADA compliance of all the District’s schools webpage/site

Update to Title IX;
Management and response to the COVID-19 crisis, and;
Provide professional development and guidance on ethical decision making and practices

ECM Offices