Parental Involvement
Parental involvement is an important component in a student’s success in school. The board encourages parents to become involved in their child’s education to ensure the child’s academic success. The board will:
(In each of the following six items, the board must describe in policy how it will accomplish each of the items.)
(1) how the board will involve parents in the development of the Title I plan, the process for school review of the plan and the process for improvement;
(2) how the board will 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;
(3) build the schools’ and parents’ capacity for strong parental involvement;
(4) coordinate and integrate parental involvement strategies under Title I with other programs such as Head Start, Reading First, etc.;
(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; and
(6) involve parents in Title I activities.
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.
Adopted: February 17, 2003
Reviewed: September 2006
December 17, 2012