Are Title I schools required to develop parental involvement policies?
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. Question: What steps must the school a child attends take to ensure parents are involved? Answer: Each school must invite all parents to an annual meeting, at a convenient time, to inform them of the requirements for school’s participation in Title I, including the right of parents to be involved. In addition, each school must involve parents, in an ongoing and timely way, in the planning, review and improvement of Title I programs, including the planning, review, and improvement of the school parental
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