Are school districts required to use their Title I funds for parent involvement activities?
Each school district must reserve at least 1 percent of the district’s basic grant allocation for parent involvement activities, including promoting family literacy and parenting skills, except if 1 percent of such allocation for the fiscal year is $5,000 or less. Parents of children receiving services must be involved in the decisions regarding how these funds are allotted for parental involvement activities. 2. Question: Are Title I schools required to develop parental involvement policies? Answer: Yes. According to NCLB, each Title I school must jointly develop with, and distribute to, parents of participating children a written parental involvement policy, agreed on by such parents. Parents shall be notified of the policy in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, provided in a language the parents can understand. Such policy must be made available to the local community and updated periodically to meet the changing needs of parents and the school. 3. Q
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