2261.02 - PARENTS’/LEGAL GUARDIANS' RIGHT TO KNOW

In accordance with the requirement of Title I, at the beginning of each school year for each school receiving Title I funds, the District shall notify parents of students in that school that they may request, and the District will provide in a timely manner, the following information regarding the professional qualifications of the student's classroom teachers:

1. Whether the teacher(s) have met the State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade level and subject areas they are teaching.

2. Whether the teacher(s) is teaching under any emergency or provisional status in which the State requirements have been waived.

3. Whether the teacher(s) is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher.

4. The qualifications of any paraprofessionals providing services to their child(ren).

5. In addition, the parents/legal guardians shall be provided:

   1. information on the level of achievement and academic growth, if applicable and available, of their child(ren) on the required State academic assessments; and,

   2. timely notice if the student is assigned to, or has been taught for four (4) or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who does not meet applicable State certification or licensure requirements at the grade level and subject area in which the teacher has been assigned.

Testing Transparency

At the beginning of each school year for each school receiving Title I funds, the District shall notify parents in that school that the parents may request, and the District will provide in a timely manner, information regarding any State or District policy regarding student participation in any assessments mandated by federal law, State law, and/or District policy.

The District shall also make widely available through public means (including by posting in a clear and easily accessible manner on the District's website and, where practicable, on the website of each school operated by the District) for each grade served by the District, information on each assessment required by the State to comply with federal law, other assessments required by the State and, where such information is available and feasible to report, assessments required by the District.

Language Instruction for English Learners

The District shall, not later than thirty (30) days after the beginning of each school year, inform the parents of an English learner identified for participation or participating in a language instruction educational program of the following information:

1. the reasons for the identification of their child as an English learner and in need of placement in a language instruction educational program;
    
2. the child’s level of English proficiency, how such level was assessed, and the status of the child’s academic achievement;
    
3. the methods of instruction used in the program in which their child is, or will be, participating and the methods of instruction used in other available programs, including how such programs differ in content, instructional goals, and the use of English and a native language in instruction;
    
4. how the program in which their child is, or will be, participating will meet the educational strengths and needs of their child;
    
5. how such program will specifically help their child learn English and meet age-appropriate academic achievement standards for grade promotion and graduation;
    
6. the specific exit requirements for the program, including the expected rate of transition from such program into classrooms that are not tailored for English learners, and the expected rate of graduation from high school (including four-year adjusted cohort graduation rates and extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rates for such program) if funds under Title I are used for children in high schools;
    
7. in the case of a child with a disability, how such program meets the objectives of the individualized education program of the child under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and,
    
8. information pertaining to parental rights that includes written guidance:
    
   1. detailing the right that parents have to have their child immediately removed from such program upon their request;
       
   2. detailing the options that parents have to decline to enroll their child in such program or to choose another program or method of instruction, if available; and
       
   3. assisting parents in selecting among various programs and methods of instruction, if more than one (1) program or method is offered by the eligible entity.

For those children who have not been identified as English learners prior to the beginning of the school year but are identified as English learners during such school year, the District shall notify the child’s parents during the first thirty (30) days after enrollment per section 1112(e)(3)(A) of ESSA of the child being placed in a language instruction educational program consistent with this Policy.

The District shall implement an effective means of outreach to the parents of English learners to inform the parents regarding how the parents can:

1. be involved in the education of their children; and
    
2. be active participants in assisting their children to attain English proficiency, achieve at high levels within a well-rounded education, and meet the challenging State academic standards expected of all students.

The District's outreach shall include holding, and sending notice of opportunities for, regular meetings for the purpose of formulating and responding to recommendations from parents of students assisted under Title I or Title III.

The notices and information shall be provided in an understandable format, and to the extent possible, in a language the parent(s)/legal guardian(s) understand.

Revised 10/23/18
Reviewed 4/25/23
Reviewed 3/12/24
Revised 5/12/26

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