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