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Meaningful
communications with parents and community members by the state
education agencies,
school district and individual schools is imperative to school
support and improvement. Continual and constant communications
between educators, and parents and the community should already
be an integral component of the school program, but NCLB requires
that there are certain times during the year that parents and the
community be informed about such information as: state, school
district, and school report card information; the identification
of schools or the district being identified as needing improvement
or corrective action; the placement of students in ELL programs;
the availability of public school choice and/or supplemental educational
services; information about the district’s Title I parent
involvement policies; and information to parents about their school
being identified as “persistently dangerous.” In addition,
the law specifically states that parents receive information “to
the extent practicable…. in a language and format that parents
can understand.” This Action Brief provides a review of these
NCLB notification requirements.
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