Section 6:170

June 2021

Instruction

Title I Programs

The Superintendent or designee shall discern pursuing the merits of funding under Title I, Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, to supplement instructional services and activities in order to improve the educational opportunities of educationally disadvantaged or deprived children.

All District schools, regardless of whether they receive Title I funds, shall provide services that, taken as a whole, are substantially comparable. Teachers, administrators, and other staff shall be assigned to schools in a manner that ensures equivalency among the District’s schools. Curriculum materials and instructional supplies shall be provided in a manner that ensures equivalency among the District’s schools.

Title I Parent and Family Engagement

If Title I Funds are received, the District will maintain programs, activities, and procedures for the involvement of parents/guardians of students receiving services, or enrolled in programs, under Title I. These programs, activities, and procedures are described in District-level and School-level compacts.

District-Level Parent and Family Engagement Compact

The Superintendent or designee shall develop a District-Level Parental Involvement Compact according to Title I requirements. The District-Level Parental Involvement Compact shall contain: (1) the District’s expectations for parental involvement, (2) specific strategies for effective parent involvement activities to improve student academic achievement and school performance, and (3) other provisions as required by federal law. The Superintendent or designee shall ensure that the Compact is distributed to parents/guardians of students receiving services, or enrolled in programs, under Title I.

School-Level Parent and Family Engagement Compact

Each Building Principal or designee shall develop a School-Level Parental Involvement Compact according to Title I requirements. This School-Level Parental Involvement Compact shall contain: (1) a process for continually involving parents/guardians in its development and implementation, (2) how parents/guardians, the entire school staff, and students share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement, (3) the means by which the school and parents/guardians build and develop a partnership to help children achieve the State’s high standards, and (4) other provisions as required by federal law. Each Building Principal or designee shall ensure that the Compact is distributed to parents/guardians of students receiving services, or enrolled in programs, under Title I.

Incorporated by Reference:	6:170-AP1, E1 (District-Level Parental Involvement Compact) and 6:170-AP1, E2 (School-Level Parental Involvement Compact)
LEGAL REFERENCE	Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §63016514.
CROSS REFERENCE	Section 2:260 (Uniform Grievance Procedure) Section 4:110 (Transportation) Section 5:190 (Teacher Qualifications) Section 5:280 (Duties and Qualifications) Section 6:15 (School Accountability) Section 6:140 (Education of Homeless Children) Section 6:145 (Migrant Students) Section 6:160 (English Learners) Section 7:10 (Equal Educational Opportunities) Section 7:30 (Student Assignment) Section 7:60 (Residence) Section 7:100 (Health, Eye, and Dental Examinations; Immunizations; and Exclusion of Students) Section 8:95 (Parental Involvement)
REVIEW HISTORY	2010, 2017, December 2021