Parents' Right to Know

At the beginning of each school year, a local educational agency that receives Title I funds shall notify the parents of each student attending Title I schools that the parents may request, and the LEA will provide in a timely manner, information regarding the professional qualifications of the student’s classroom teachers, including, at a minimum the following.

  • Whether the teacher has met state qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction.
  • Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which state qualifications or licensing criteria have been waived.
  • The baccalaureate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree
  • Whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so their qualifications.

This information is to be collected and disseminated in a manner that protects the privacy of individuals. For additional information regarding this requirement, see Section 111(h)(6) of the NCLB legislation at http:/www.house.gov/rules/hr001cr.pdf

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