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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 06:38:53+00:00

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(A) involve parents and family members in jointly developing the local educational agency plan under section 6312 of this title, and the development of support and improvement plans under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 6311(d) of this title.
(F) involve parents in the activities of the schools served under this part, which may include establishing a parent advisory board comprised of a sufficient number and representative group of parents or family members served by the local educational agency to adequately represent the needs of the population served by such agency for the purposes of developing, revising, and reviewing the parent and family engagement policy.
Each local educational agency shall reserve at least 1 percent of its allocation under subpart 2 to assist schools to carry out the activities described in this section, except that this subparagraph shall not apply if 1 percent of such agency's allocation under subpart 2 for the fiscal year for which the determination is made is $5,000 or less. Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed to limit local educational agencies from reserving more than 1 percent of its allocation under subpart 2 to assist schools to carry out activities described in this section.
(i) Supporting schools and nonprofit organizations in providing professional development for local educational agency and school personnel regarding parent and family engagement strategies, which may be provided jointly to teachers, principals, other school leaders, specialized instructional support personnel, paraprofessionals, early childhood educators, and parents and family members.
(ii) Supporting programs that reach parents and family members at home, in the community, and at school.
(iii) Disseminating information on best practices focused on parent and family engagement, especially best practices for increasing the engagement of economically disadvantaged parents and family members.
(iv) Collaborating, or providing subgrants to schools to enable such schools to collaborate, with community-based or other organizations or employers with a record of success in improving and increasing parent and family engagement.
(v) Engaging in any other activities and strategies that the local educational agency determines are appropriate and consistent with such agency's parent and family engagement policy.
(5) if the schoolwide program plan under section 6314(b) of this title is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children, submit any parent comments on the plan when the school makes the plan available to the local educational agency.
(D) ensuring regular two-way, meaningful communication between family members and school staff, and, to the extent practicable, in a language that family members can understand.
(14) shall provide such other reasonable support for parental involvement activities under this section as parents may request.
The State educational agency shall review the local educational agency's parent and family engagement policies and practices to determine if the policies and practices meet the requirements of this section.
A prior section 6318, Pub. L. 89–10, title I, §1117, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, §101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3548 , related to State assistance for school support and improvement, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110.
2015-Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(1), substituted "Parent and family engagement" for "Parental involvement" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(2)(A), inserted "conducts outreach to all parents and family members and" after "only if such agency" and "and family members" after "and procedures for the involvement of parents".
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(2)(B)(ii), added subpars. (A) to (F) and struck out former subpars. (A) to (F) which related to description of how the agency would involve parents in development of plan, provide support in implementing parent involvement activities, build capacity for strong parental involvement, integrate parental involvement strategies under this part with strategies under other programs, conduct an annual evaluation of effectiveness of parental involvement policy, and involve parents in the activities of schools served under this part.
Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(2)(B)(i), in introductory provisions, substituted "parents and family members" for "parents", "written parent and family engagement policy" for "written parent involvement policy", and "expectations and objectives for meaningful parent and family involvement" for "expectations for parent involvement".
Subsec. (a)(3)(A). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(2)(C)(i), added subpar. (A) and struck out former subpar. (A). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Each local educational agency shall reserve not less than 1 percent of such agency's allocation under subpart 2 of this part to carry out this section, including promoting family literacy and parenting skills, except that this paragraph shall not apply if 1 percent of such agency's allocation under subpart 2 of this part for the fiscal year for which the determination is made is $5,000 or less."
Subsec. (a)(3)(B). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(2)(C)(ii), substituted "Parent and family member input" for "Parental input" in heading and "Parents and family members of children" for "Parents of children" in text.
Subsec. (a)(3)(C). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(2)(C)(iii), substituted "90 percent" for "95 percent" and inserted ", with priority given to high-need schools" after "schools served under this part".
Subsec. (a)(3)(D). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(2)(C)(iv), added subpar. (D).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(3)(A), substituted "parent and family engagement policy" for "parental involvement policy" in heading.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(3)(B), substituted "parents and family members of participating children" for "parents of participating children" and "written parent and family engagement policy" for "written parental involvement policy".
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(3)(C), substituted "parent and family engagement policy" for "parental involvement policy" and "parents and family members" for "parents".
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(3)(D), substituted "parent and family engagement policy that applies to all parents and family members in all schools served by the local educational agency" for "parental involvement policy that applies to all parents".
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(4)(A), substituted "parent and family engagement policy" for "parental involvement policy" and "6314(b)" for "6314(b)(2)".
Subsec. (c)(4)(B). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(4)(B), substituted "the achievement levels of the challenging State academic standards" for "the proficiency levels students are expected to meet".
Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(4)(C), substituted "6314(b)" for "6314(b)(2)".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(5)(A), substituted "parent and family engagement policy" for "parental involvement policy" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(5)(B), substituted "the challenging State academic standards" for "the State's student academic achievement standards" and struck out ", such as monitoring attendance, homework completion, and television watching" after "children's learning".
Subsec. (d)(2)(D). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(5)(C), added subpar. (D).
Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(6)(A), substituted "the challenging State academic standards" for "the State's academic content standards and State student academic achievement standards".
Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(6)(B), inserted "(including education about the harms of copyright piracy)" after "technology".
Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(6)(C), substituted "specialized instructional support personnel, principals, and other school leaders" for "pupil services personnel, principals".
Subsec. (e)(4). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(6)(D), substituted "other Federal, State, and local programs, including public preschool programs," for "Head Start, Reading First, Early Reading First, Even Start, the Home Instruction Programs for Preschool Youngsters, the Parents as Teachers Program, and public preschool and other programs,".
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(7), added subsec. (f) and struck out former subsec. (f). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "In carrying out the parental involvement requirements of this part, local educational agencies and schools, to the extent practicable, shall provide full opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of migratory children, including providing information and school reports required under section 6311 of this title in a format and, to the extent practicable, in a language such parents understand."
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(8), added subsec. (g) and struck out former subsec. (g). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "In a State where a parental information and resource center is established to provide training, information, and support to parents and individuals who work with local parents, local educational agencies, and schools receiving assistance under this part, each local educational agency or school that receives assistance under this part and is located in the State shall assist parents and parental organizations by informing such parents and organizations of the existence and purpose of such centers."
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(9), substituted "parent and family engagement policies" for "parental involvement policies".

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