Parent and family involvement is an important component in a student’s success in school. The board encourages parents and families to become involved in their child’s education to ensure the child’s academic success. In order to facilitate parent and family involvement, it is the goal of the district to conduct outreach and implement programs, activities and procedures to further involve parents and families with the academic success of their students. The board will:
(1) Involve parents and families in the development of the Title I plan, the process for school review of the plan and the process for improvement by:
(2) Provide the coordination, technical assistance and other support necessary to assist and build the capacity of all participating schools in planning and implementing effective parent and family involvement activities to improve student academic achievement and school performance by:
(3) To the extent feasible, coordinate and integrate parent and family engagement strategies under Title I with parent and family engagement strategies outlined in other relevant Federal, State, and local laws and programs by:
(4) Conduct with the involvement of parents and family members, an annual evaluation of the content and effectiveness of the parent and family engagement policy in improving the academic quality of the school served including identifying: barriers to greater participation by parents in Title I activities (with particular attention to low-income parents, Limited English Proficient (LEP) parents, parents of any racial or ethnic minority, parents with disabilities and parents with limited literacy); needs of parents and family to assist their children’s learning; and strategies to support successful school and family interactions by:
(5) Use the findings of the annual evaluation to design strategies for more effective parent and family involvement and to revise, as necessary, the parent and family involvement policies by:
(6) Involve parents and families in Title I activities by:
The district shall involve parents in determining how to allocate reserved Title I funds in accordance with applicable laws.
(1) Involve parents in the development of the Title I plan, the process for school review of the plan and the process for improvement in accordance with directives in the district’s Title I Plan;
(2) Provide the coordination, technical assistance and other support necessary to assist participating schools in planning and implementing effective parent involvement activities to improve student academic achievement and school performance in accordance with directives in the district’s Title I Plan;
(3) Build the schools’ and parents’ capacity for strong parental involvement in accordance with directives in the district’s Title I Plan;
(4) Coordinate and integrate parental involvement strategies under Title I with other programs such as Head Start, Reading First, etc., in accordance with directives in the district’s Title I Plan;
(5) Conduct with the involvement of parents, an annual evaluation of the content and effectiveness of the parental involvement policy in improving the academic quality of the school served including identifying barriers to greater participation by parents in Title I activities (with particular attention to low-income parents, Limited English Proficient (LEP) parents, minorities, parents with disabilities and parents with low literacy) and use the findings of the evaluation to design strategies for more effective parental involvement and to revise, as necessary, the parental involvement policies. This procedure will be done in accordance with directives in the district’s Title I Plan; and
(6) Involve parents in Title I activities in accordance with directives in the district’s Title I Plan.
The board will review this policy annually. The superintendent is responsible for notifying parents of this policy annually or within a reasonable time after it has been amended during the school year. It is the responsibility of the superintendent to develop administrative regulations regarding this policy.
Legal References: No Child Left Behind, Title I, Sec. 1118, P.L. 107-110. (2002)20 U.S.C. §6318
Cross References: 903.2 Community Resource Persons and Volunteers
Approved: 3/15/10
Reviewed: 4/22/15
Revised:6/24/20
