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2111 - DISTRICT-WIDE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
The School Board believes that durable and significant learning by a student is more likely to occur when there is a positive effective parent/family partnership. Parent/Family involvement is essential to student achievement. The primary purpose of this policy is to insure that both parents and District employees understand parent involvement rights. Such a partnership means a mutual belief in and commitment to significant educational goals for a student, a collaboration on the solutions to problems that may be encountered and continuing communication regarding the process in accomplishing these goals.
The Board feels that it is the parents who have the ultimate responsibility for their children's behavior, including the behavior of students who have reached the legal age of majority, but are still, for all practical purposes, under parental authority. During school hours, the Board, through its designated administrators, recognizes the responsibility to monitor students' behavior and, as with academic matters, the importance of cooperation between the school and the parents in matters relating to conduct.
General Expectations
Family and School Partnership for Student Achievement Act of NCLB Title I Section 1118 Requirements - The District shall comply with the requirements addressing parent involvement within the Family and School Partnership for Student Achievement Act (F.S. 1002.23) and NCLB Title I Section 1118 Requirements. It will do the following:
| A. | Involve parents annually in the development and review of the District's policy as it relates to the Family and School Partnership for Student Achievement Act and NCLB Title I Section 1118 Requirements; | |
| B. | Provide coordination and assistance to schools in planning and implementing effective parent involvement activities to improve student achievement, including school volunteer programs; | |
| C. | Collaborate with parents regarding how funds provided to schools are allocated for parent involvement; | |
| D. | Involve parents in shared decision making including giving parents the opportunity to participate on school advisory councils; | |
| E. | Supply a description and explanation of the curriculum and assessments used to measure student achievement; | |
| F. | Provide parents information on highly qualified classroom teachers; | |
| G. | Schedule informational sessions for parents on understanding their rights under the Family and School Partnership for Student Achievement Act and NCLB Title I Section 1118 Requirements; | |
| H. | Conduct annual evaluations and explanations of the content, effectiveness, and implementation of the parental involvement policy; | |
| I. | Communicate to parents in a format that is understandable; | |
| J. | Provide opportunities for participation of parents of all students including: English Language Learners (ELL), students with disabilities, migratory children, and homeless; | |
| K. | Recognize that children's care givers may be a parent, grandparent, extended family member, foster parent, guardian, or any other individual who has the sole responsibility of rearing the child; | |
| L. | Develop implementation plans to meet federal and state requirements, including the NCLB Title I Section 1118 Requirements for Title I schools; and | |
| M. | Continue to hold partnerships with community services. |
F.S. 1000.03, 1002.23
20 U.S.C. 6318 et seq., Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
34 C.F.R. Part 200 et seq.
Revised 7/24/07