September 26, 2014
( )
(X)
Action Required
Informational
BULLETIN NO. 056-14 TITLE I/LAP AND CONSOLIDATED PROGRAM REVIEW
TO:
Educational Service District Superintendents
School District Superintendents
School District Title I, Part A Directors
FROM:
Randy I. Dorn, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
RE:
Parent Involvement Requirements for Title I, Part A Districts and Schools
CONTACT: Gayle Pauley, Assistant Superintendent
Special Programs and Federal Accountability
(360) 725-6170; Agency TTY (360) 664-3631
Email: gayle.pauley@k12.wa.us
Parent involvement means the participation of parents in regular, two-way, meaningful
communication involving student academic learning and other school activities, and
ensures that:
 Parents play an integral role in assisting their child’s learning.
 Parents are encouraged to be actively involved in their child’s education at
school.
 Parents are full partners in their child’s education and are included, as
appropriate, in decision-making and on advisory committees to assist in the
education of their child.
 Carrying out of activities, such as those described in Section 1118 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) will promote collaboration
between district, school, and parents in helping students achieve high academic
standards. [ESEA Section 9101(32)]
District-Level Required Allocation
Title I, Part A set-aside funds for parent involvement [as prescribed by ESEA as
reauthorized by No Child Left Behind (NCLB)] must be used to conduct programs and
activities to involve parents in the planning and implementation of the Title I, Part A
program, including promoting family literacy and parenting skills.
BULLETIN NO. 056-14 TI/LAP/CPR
Page 2
September 26, 2014
Parents of children receiving Title I, Part A services must be involved in the
development of the district parent involvement policy. The policy must include how
decisions regarding set-aside funds are allotted for parental involvement activities and
how parents will be included in the annual evaluation of the policy.
For districts receiving an allocation of $500,000 or greater, the district must set-aside
one percent of their district’s allocation. Not less than 95 percent of the one percent
must be distributed to Title I, Part A schools for the purpose of parent-related activities.
The school staff and parents may voluntarily decide that some or the entire amount of
the set-aside be administered by the district. A district receiving less than $500,000 is
not required to set aside funds for parent involvement. However, the district is still
required to provide and promote parent activities and involvement opportunities. [ESEA
Title I, Part A Section 1118(a)]
District and School Level Written Policy Requirements
Each district and school that receives Title I, Part A funds must:
 Develop a written parent involvement policy.
 Notify parents of the policy in an understandable and uniform format and to the
extent practicable, provided in a language the parents can understand.
 Make the policy available to the local community and update periodically to meet
the changing needs of parents and the school.
If the district or school has a parental involvement policy that applies to all
parents, the district or school may amend the policy to meet Title I, Part A parent
involvement requirements.
If the policy under ESEA Title I, Part A Section 1112 (Local Educational Agency Plans)
is not satisfactory to the parents of Title I, Part A students, districts and schools must
submit any parent comments with the policy when the school or district submits the
policy to the state. [ESEA Title I, Part A Section 1118(b)]
Attachment A provides district and school side-by-side required policy components.
District and School Requirements and Responsibilities for Building Capacity
In carrying out Title I, Part A parent involvement requirements, districts and schools, to
the extent practicable, must provide full opportunities for the participation of parents with
limited English proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of migratory children.
Providing information and school reports required under Section 1111 in a format and,
to the extent practicable, in a language the parents understand, must be included in
these opportunities.
BULLETIN NO. 056-14 TI/LAP/CPR
Page 3
September 26, 2014
Additionally, to ensure effective involvement of parents and to support a partnership
among the school, parents, and the community, each district and school assisted by
Title I, Part A funds must:
1. Provide assistance to parents of children served by the school or district, as
appropriate, in understanding topics such as:
a. The state’s academic content standards and state academic achievement
standards.
b. State and local assessments.
c. The requirements of Title I, Part A.
d. How to monitor a child’s progress and work with educators to improve the
achievement of their children.
2. Provide materials and training to help parents to work with their children to
improve their achievement, such as literacy training and using technology, as
appropriate, to foster parent involvement.
3. Educate teachers, pupil services personnel, principals, and other staff, with the
assistance of parents, in the value and utility of contributions of parents. Topics
that need to be addressed include: how to reach out to, communicate with, and
work with parents as equal partners; how to implement and coordinate parent
programs; and how to build ties between parents and the school.
4. Coordinate and integrate, to the extent feasible and appropriate, parent
involvement programs and activities with Head Start, the Home Instruction
Programs for Preschool Youngsters, the Parents as Teachers Program, public
preschool, and other programs. Conduct activities, such as parent resource
centers, that encourage and support parents to more fully participate in the
education of their children.
5. Ensure that information related to school and parent programs, meetings, and
other activities is sent to the parents of participating children in a format and to
the extent practicable, in a language the parents can understand.
6. Provide reasonable support for parent involvement activities as parents may
request. [ESEA Title I, Part A Section 1118(e)]
Key Title I, Part A Parent Notice Requirements
As part of the Title I, Part A provisions to support the parental involvement
requirements, each year districts and schools receiving Title I, Part A funds must
provide certain statutory and regulatory requirements for notice or information to parents
and students participating in Title I, Part A programs.
Attachment B contains a list of the key Title I, Part A required parental notifications.
BULLETIN NO. 056-14 TI/LAP/CPR
Page 4
September 26, 2014
Federal Programs Citizen Complaint Procedures
Districts and schools must disseminate to parents of students, and to appropriate
private school officials or representatives, adequate information about the Office of
Superintendent of Public Instruction’s (OSPI) written complaint procedures for resolving
issues of violation(s) of a federal statute or regulation that applies to Title I, Part A
programs. [Chapter 392-168 WAC Special Services Programs-Citizen Complaint
Procedures for Certain Categorical Federal Programs].
Attachment C contains Federal Programs Citizen Complaint Procedures.
If you have any questions regarding this bulletin or attachments, please contact the Title
I/LAP and Consolidated Program Review office at (360) 725-6100 or email
gayle.pauley@k12.wa.us. The agency TTY number is (360) 664-3631.
This bulletin is also available on OSPI’s website at:
http://www.k12.wa.us/BulletinsMemos/bulletins2014.aspx.
K–12 EDUCATION
Gil Mendoza, Ed.D.
Deputy Superintendent
SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY
Gayle Pauley
Assistant Superintendent
RD:gp:jc
Attachment A: District and School Side-by-Side Required Policy Components
Attachment B: Key Title I, Part A Parental Notice Requirements
Attachment C: Federal Programs Citizen Complaint Procedures
OSPI provides equal access to all programs and services without discrimination based on sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age,
honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental,
or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. Questions and complaints of alleged
discrimination should be directed to the Equity and Civil Rights Director at (360) 725-6162 or P.O. Box 47200 Olympia, WA 98504-7200.
ATTACHMENT A
District and School Side-by-Side Required Policy Components
District Parent Involvement Policy
Each Title I, Part A served district must:
 Develop jointly with, agree on with, and distribute to
parents of Title I, Part A served students a written
parent involvement policy that must be incorporated
into the district’s policy developed under Section
1112.

School Parent Involvement Policy
Each Title I, Part A served school in a district must:
 Develop jointly with, agree on with, and distribute
to parents of participating students a written
parent involvement policy that describes the
means for carrying out the policy requirements.
Establish the district’s expectation for parent
involvement.
Each Title I, Part A district will:
A. Involve parents in:
o
o
Each Title I, Part A school will:
A. Involve parents in the development of the
written parent involvement policy:
The joint development of the policy under
Section 1112.
The process of school review and
improvement under Section 1116.
o
Distribute to parents the parent
involvement policy.
o Agree with parents to the changes or
updates to the parent involvement
policy.
Convene an annual meeting, at a convenient
time, to which all parents of participating
children must be invited and encouraged to
attend to inform parents of their school’s
participation in Title I, Part A, the requirements
of the program, and the right of the parents to
be involved.
B. Provide the coordination, technical assistance, and
other support necessary to assist participating
schools in the planning and implementing effective
parent involvement activities to improve student
academic achievement and school performance.
B.
C. Build the schools’ and parents’ capacity for strong
parental involvement as explained in ESEA Title I,
Part A Section 1118(e).
C. Offer a flexible number of meetings, such as in
the morning or in the evening. Funds may be
used to provide transportation, child care, or
home visits, as the services relate to parent
involvement.
D. Coordinate and integrate parental involvement
strategies with parent involvement strategies under
other programs, such as:
o
o
o
o
Head Start
Parents as Teachers
Home Instruction Program for Preschool
Youngsters
State-run preschools
E. Conduct, with the involvement of parents, an annual
evaluation of the content and effectiveness of the
parental involvement policy in improving the
academic quality of the school served including:
o
Identifying barriers to greater participation of
parents in Title I, Part A-related activities, with
particular attention to parents who are
economically disadvantaged or disabled, and
D. Involve parents in an organized, ongoing, and
timely way, in the planning, review, and
improvement of Title I, Part A programs,
including the planning, review, and improvement
of the school parental involvement policy and
the joint development of the schoolwide plan. If
the school already has a process in place, it may
use that process, if it includes an adequate
representation of parents of participating
children.
E. Provide parents of participating children:
o Timely information about Title I, Part A
programs.
o A description and explanation of the
curriculum in use at the school, the forms of
academic assessment used to measure
student progress, and the proficiency levels
students are expected to meet.
1
ATTACHMENT A
parents who have limited English proficiency,
limited literacy, or any racial or ethnic minority
background. Revise the policy where necessary
to address ways to overcome identified barriers.
F. Involve parents in the activities of the schools
served under this part. [ESEA Section
1118(a)(2)]
o
If requested by parents, opportunities for
regular meetings to formulate suggestions
and to participate, as appropriate, in
decisions relating to the education of their
children, and to respond to any such
suggestions as soon as practicably possibly.
If the schoolwide plan is unsatisfactory to the
parents of participating children, submit
parent comments when the school makes the
plan available to the district.
F. As a component of the school parent
involvement policy development, each school
served shall jointly develop with parents of
served children a school-parent compact that
outlines how:
o
o
o
Parents, the entire staff, and students will
share the responsibility for improved student
academic achievement and the means by
which the school and parents will build and
develop a partnership to help children
achieve the state’s high standards.
The school will provide high-quality
curriculum and instruction in a supportive and
effective learning environment that enables
the children served to meet the state’s
academic achievement standards.
Each parent will be responsible for
supporting their children’s learning; and
participating, as appropriate, in decisions
relating to the education of their children and
positive extracurricular time.
The compact will also address the importance of
communication between teachers and parents on an
on-going basis through, at a minimum:
o
Parent-teacher conference in elementary
schools, at least annually, during which the
compact must be discussed as it relates to
the individual child’s achievement.
o
Frequent reports to parents on their
children’s progress.
Reasonable access to staff, opportunities to
volunteer and participate in their child’s class, and
observation of classroom activities.
2
ATTACHMENT B
Key Parent Notification Requirements –Title I, Part A
By whom
Key Parent Notification Requirements
Annual report cards – District send a report card with
aggregated information, including student achievement
–disaggregated by category – graduation rates, district
performance, teacher qualifications and other required
information. [Section 1111(h)(1) and (2), ESEA];
Guidance, B-5 (SEA) and C-7 (LEA)
Individual student achievement reports – OSPI, in
consultation with districts and schools, provide to
parents, teachers, and principals of students in all
schools individual student interpretive, descriptive, and
diagnostic reports, which allow specific academic
needs to be understood and addressed, and include
information on the student’s achievement on academic
assessments aligned with state academic achievement
standards. [Section 1111(b)(3)(C)(xii), ESEA]
Progress review – District or schools send the results
of is progress review for each school. Parents receive
this report, as do teachers, principals, schools and the
community. This notification is a responsibility shared
among districts and schools. [Section 1116(a)(1)(C),
(c)(1)(B) and (c)(6), ESEA]; Guidance, B-7 (SEA) and
C-20 (LEA)
Schools identified for improvement – Districts must
explain what school improvement means — at each
Step 1–5. Explain clearly what these terms mean.
Describe how public school choice (Step 1–5) and
supplemental educational services (Step 2–5) work and
how parents can select one of these options. Tell them
why this school is now in improvement and how it
compares to other schools. State how district and
school officials will respond to the need for
improvement, and let parents know how they can get
involved in the education of their children.
Schools identified for Improvement SES Steps 2-5
– Districts serving schools that fail to make adequate
yearly progress (AYP) by the end of Step 1 provide
notice to parents of the availability of supplemental
services, the identity of the providers, a description of
the services, and other information). [Section
1116(e)(2), ESEA.]
Schools identified for corrective action and
restructuring – Districts serving schools in corrective
action and restructuring (Steps 3–5) provide prompt
notice to teachers and parents and provide opportunity
When
Annually
As soon as
practicable after
the assessment is
given.
Annually
District
School



Promptly upon
identification.

Promptly upon
identification.

Determined by
District



1
ATTACHMENT B
By whom
Key Parent Notification Requirements
to comment and participate in preparing a corrective
action plan and restructuring plan). [Section
1116(b)(8)(C), ESEA.] Guidance, C-27.
Written parental involvement policies – Districts and
schools notify parents and community of Title I, Part A
children of their written parental involvement policy.
[Section 1118(a)(2) and (b)(1), ESEA]; Guidance, C-3
and C-4 (LEA), and D-1 (school).
Written OSPI’s citizen complaint procedures –
Districts and schools disseminate to parents of
students, and to appropriate private school officials or
representatives, adequate information about OSPI’s
written complaint procedures for resolving issues of
violation(s) of a federal statute or regulation that
applies to Title I, Part A programs. [Chapter 392-168
WAC Special Services Programs-Citizen Complaint
Procedures for Certain Categorical Federal Programs]
Parents’ right to know – teacher and
paraprofessional qualifications – District and schools
inform parents of Title I, Part A students that parents
may request, and the district and schools then will
provide, certain information on the professional
qualifications of the student’s classroom teachers and
paraprofessionals providing services to the child.
[Section 1111(h)(6)(A), ESEA]; Guidance, C-6
Parents’ right to know - non-highly qualified
teachers – Schools provide to each individual parent
timely notice that the parent’s child has been assigned,
or taught for four or more consecutive weeks by, a
teacher who is not highly qualified. [Section
1111(h)(6)(B)(ii), ESEA]; Guidance, D-3
Parents’ right to know – student achievement
reports – Districts and Schools provide to each parent
information on the level of achievement of the parent’s
child in each of the state academic assessments.
[Section 1111(h)(6)(B)(i), ESEA]; Guidance, D-10.
NOTE: This requirement may be covered by OSPI’s
individual student achievement report indicated above.
Title I, Part A meeting – Schools invite parents to an
informational meeting to inform them about the school’s
participation in Title I, Part A programs and explain the
requirements and their right to be involved. [Section
1118(c)(1) and (2), ESEA.] Guidance, D-5.
Title I, Part A information – Schools provide to
parents of participating children specific information
about Title I, Part A programs, and opportunity to
request regular meetings. [Section 1118(c)(4), ESEA.]
Guidance, D-6.
When
Determined by
district and
school.
Usually in the fall.
District
School

District
policy.

School
policy.

On-going
Annually, at
beginning of
school year.


Timely
Usually
determined by
district.
Annual




On-going

2
ATTACHMENT C
1
ATTACHMENT C
2
ATTACHMENT C
3
ATTACHMENT C
4