‘‘(1) to assist parents in participating effectively 
in their children’s education and to help their chil-
dren meet State and local standards, such as assist-
ing parents— 
‘‘(A) to engage in activities that will im-
prove student academic achievement, including 
understanding how they can support learning in 
the classroom with activities at home and in 
afterschool and extracurricular programs; 
‘‘(B) to communicate effectively with their 
children, teachers, principals, counselors, ad-
ministrators, and other school personnel; 
‘‘(C) to become active participants in the 
development, implementation, and review of 
school-parent compacts, family engagement in 
education policies, and school planning and im-
provement; 
‘‘(D) to participate in the design and pro-
vision of assistance to students who are not 
making adequate academic progress; 
‘‘(E) to participate in State and local deci-
sionmaking; 
‘‘(F) to train other parents; and 
‘‘(G) to help the parents learn and use 
technology applied in their children’s education; 
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‘‘(2) to develop and implement, in partnership 
with the State educational agency, a statewide fam-
ily engagement in education policy and systemic ini-
tiatives that will provide for a continuum of services 
to remove barriers for family engagement in edu-
cation and support school reform efforts; and 
‘‘(3) to develop, implement, and assess family 
engagement in education policies and plans under 
sections 1112 and 1118. 
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(1) MATCHING
FUNDS
FOR
GRANT
RE-
NEWAL.—For each fiscal year after the first fiscal 
year for which an organization or consortium re-
ceives assistance under this section, the organization 
or consortium shall demonstrate in the application 
that a portion of the services provided by the organi-
zation or consortium is supported through non-Fed-
eral contributions, which may be in cash or in-kind. 
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—Each or-
ganization or consortium receiving assistance under 
this section shall submit to the Secretary, on an an-
nual basis, information on the activities it has car-
ried out using grant funds received under this sec-
tion, including reporting on metrics developed under 
section 5566. 
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‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 
reserve not more than 5 percent of the funds appropriated 
to carry out this subpart to provide technical assistance, 
by grant or contract, for the establishment, development, 
and coordination of Statewide Family Engagement Cen-
ters, including their establishment of statewide infrastruc-
tures for family engagement in education. 
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to prohibit a Statewide Family En-
gagement Center from— 
‘‘(1) having its employees or agents meet with 
a parent at a site that is not on school grounds; or 
‘‘(2) working with another agency that serves 
children. 
‘‘(e) PARENTAL
RIGHTS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this section— 
‘‘(1) no person (including a parent who edu-
cates a child at home, a public school parent, or a 
private school parent) shall be required to partici-
pate in any program of parent education or develop-
mental screening under this section; and 
‘‘(2) no program or center assisted under this 
section shall take any action that infringes in any 
manner on the right of a parent to direct the edu-
cation of their children. 
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‘‘SEC. 5565. FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN INDIAN SCHOOLS. 
‘‘The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Education, shall establish, or enter into 
contracts and cooperative agreements with local Indian 
nonprofit parent organizations to establish and operate, 
Local Family Engagement Centers and shall establish a 
national Indian Family Engagement Coordinating Council 
modeled on the State Family Engagement Coordinating 
Council as described in section 1007. 
‘‘SEC. 5566. METRICS FOR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN EDU-
CATION. 
‘‘(a) DEVELOPMENT OF METRICS FOR FAMILY EN-
GAGEMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of the Family Engagement in Education Act of 
2011, the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, 
after consultation with the advisory committee established 
under subsection (b), shall develop recommended metrics 
on family engagement in education for State educational 
agencies and local educational agencies that receive funds 
under section 1118 and provide recommendations on the 
integration of metrics into State accountability and longi-
tudinal data systems. 
‘‘(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Secretary shall 
appoint an advisory committee, including researchers and 
representatives from national nonprofit organizations with 
expertise in family engagement in education, to make 
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data-driven recommendations regarding metrics required 
under subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) RESEARCH FOR EFFECTIVE FAMILY ENGAGE-
MENT IN EDUCATION.—The Secretary shall reserve not 
more than 5 percent of funds appropriated to carry out 
this subpart to conduct research on effective family en-
gagement in education, including through awarding grants 
and entering into contracts with eligible entities. Such re-
search may include— 
‘‘(1) exploratory research to discover the under-
lying processes or components of family engagement 
programs that are associated with improved edu-
cation outcomes for students; 
‘‘(2) research to— 
‘‘(A) develop culturally sensitive strategies 
or programs for improving family engagement 
in education; and 
‘‘(B) rigorously evaluate the impact of 
such strategies or programs on students’ edu-
cation outcomes; and 
‘‘(3) research to— 
‘‘(A) develop professional development pro-
grams intended to enable school personnel to 
support parental involvement in education; and 
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