Parents may request information regarding if their child’s classroom teacher:

• Meets state qualifications and licensing criteria for grade and subject areas that the teacher provides instruction

• Teaching under emergency or other provisional status

• Teaching in the field of discipline of the teacher’s certification

Provide each parent

• Information on the level of achievement and academic growth of the student on each of the state academic assessments required and

• Timely notice that the student has been assigned, or has been taught for 4 or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who does not meet applicable state certification

Parents may request information regarding any state or district policy regarding student participation in any assessments mandated under section 1111(b)(2) and by the state or district, which shall include a policy, procedure or parental right to opt the child out of the assessment

District that receives Title I funds shall make widely available through public means (including website) for each grade served information on each assessment required by the state to comply with section 1111, other assessments required by the state, and where information is available and feasible to report, assessments required district wide that includes:

• The subject matter assessed

• The purposes for which the assessment is designed and used;

• The source of the requirement for the assessment; and

• Where available:

  • the amount of time students will spend taking the assessment and the schedule for the assessment; and

  • The time and format for disseminating results

Inform parents of an English learner identified for participation or participating in Language instruction educational program (LIEP) no later than 30 days after the beginning of the school year:

• The reason for identification of the child as an English Learner;

• The child’s level of English language proficiency, how the level was assessed, and the status of the child’s academic achievement;

• Methods of instruction used in the program in which the child is, or will be, participation, and the methods of instruction used in other available programs, including how the programs differ;

• How the program will meet the education strengths and needs of the child and help the child achieve English language proficiency and meet academic standards;

• Exit requirements for the program, expected rate of transition to a classroom not tailored for EL students, and expected rate of high school graduation;

• In the case of a child with a disability, how the program meets the annual goals in the child’s IEP; and

• Information regarding parents’ right to withdraw the child from a program upon their request, and to decline enrolment or choose another program or method of instruction if available.

For those children who have not been identified as English learners prior to the beginning of the school year but are identified as English learners during such school year, notification must be made during the first 2 weeks of the child being placed in a language instruction education program.

Inform parents of English learners how the parents can

• Be involved in the education of their child; and

• Be active participants I assisting their children to:

  • Attain English proficiency;

  • Achieve at high levels within a well-rounded education; and

  • Meet the challenging state academic standards expected of all students

Implement an effective means of outreach to parents that include holding and sending notices of opportunities for, regular meetings for the purpose of formulating and responding to recommendations from parents of students assisted under Title I or Title III.

A student shall not be admitted to, or excluded from, any federally assisted education program on the basis of a surname or language-minority status

The notice and information provided to parents shall be in an understandable and uniform format and to the extent practicable, provided in a language that the parents can understand.