TITLE I COMPLIANCE TOOLKITS FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
Parent/Family engagement is a required component of schoolwide planning. One of the more specific requirements for family engagement is the Annual Open Meeting. Each year, Title I schools are required to host an Annual Open Meeting during the first month of the new school year for parents/families to learn about and become involved in the Title I program.
Each Title I, Part A school must jointly develop, with parents of children served under Title I, Part A, a written School-Parent/Family Compact, as a component of its Parent/Family Engagement Policy. A school-parent/family compact is a written agreement between the school and the parents/families of children participating in Title I, Part A programs that identifies the activities that the parents/families, the entire school staff, and the students will undertake to share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement.
Key Points to Remember
Effective Compacts
Procedures for School-Parent Compact Digital Distribution and Acquiring Signatures
In support of strengthening student achievement, each district and school that receives Title I, Part A funds or services must jointly develop, with parents of children served under Title I, Part A, written parent/family engagement policies that contain information required by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). These policies establish the district’s and school’s expectations for parent/family engagement, describes how the district and school will implement a number of specific parent/family engagement activities, and is incorporated into the district’s plan submitted to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Parents’ Right to Know consists of two main requirements: (1) The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires Title I schools to notify each parent in the school whose child is being taught for four or more weeks by a teacher who is not licensed, regardless of whether or not the teacher is being paid with Title I funds; and (2) Districts must notify the parents of students attending Title I schools that they may request and the district must provide (in a timely manner) information regarding the professional qualifications of students’ classroom teachers.
Title I schools are required to hold an Annual Review Meeting, prior to the end of the school year, and send correspondence of this meeting to participating Title I parents. The purpose of the Annual Review Meeting is to thoroughly review the school's Title I program, as well as inform the development of the Comprehensive Needs Assessment.