PARENTS RIGHT-TO- KNOW
Title I, Part A of ESEA (Every
Student Succeeds Act 2015)
Parent’s Right To Know - (Section
1112(e)(1)(A-B))
Qualifications: At the beginning of each school year, a LEA
that receives Title I funds must notify parents of each student attending any
Title I school that the parents may request, and that agency will provide the
parents on request (and in a timely manner) information regarding the
professional qualification of the student’s classroom teachers, including at
minimum the following:
♦ Whether
the teacher has met State qualifications
for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides
instruction;
♦ Whether
the teacher is teaching under emergency or other professional status that the
State has waived;
♦ Whether
the teacher is teaching in the field of
discipline of the certification of the teacher;
and
♦ Whether
the child is provided services by paraprofessionals and if so their
qualifications.
Additional Information - A
school that receives Title I funds must provide to each individual parent –
♦ Information
on the level of achievement and academic growth the child, if applicable and
available, has made on each of the state assessments required under this part;
and
♦ Timely
notice that the parent’s child has been assigned or taught for 4 or more
consecutive weeks by a teacher who does not meet the applicable State
certification or licensure requirements at the grade level and subject area in
which the teacher has been assigned.
Format – The notice and
information provided to parents under this paragraph shall be in an
understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, provided in a
language that the parents can understand.
Title I Program 
