Parent Involvement See Sec. 1118, Parental Involvement
   • In order to build capacity for parental involvement, districts and schools must develop written parental involvement policies, a school-parent compact, and build capacity through fourteen (14) specific activities.

Written Parental Involvement Policies

District Level Policy
The district that receives funds under Title I must jointly develop agree up on, and distribute to, parents of participating children a written parent involvement policy. The policy shall be incorporated into the LEA’s plan developed under NCLB section 1112, establish the LEA’s expectations for parent involvement, and describe how the LEA will do the following:

Local School Policy
The local school must also follow requirements to jointly develop and distribute to parents a written parent involvement policy, agreed upon by the parents. The school must make the policy available to the local community and update it periodically to meet the changing needs of parents and the school.

Sample Parental Involvement Policy

School-Parent Compact
The School-Parent Compact outlines how parents, the entire school 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. In addition, the school-parent compact must also describe the school’s responsibility to provide high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment and address the importance of communication between teachers and parents on an on-going basis through, at a minimum, the following:

• Parent-teacher conferences in elementary schools, at least annually.
• 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.
  

Sample School-Parent Compact