Title I Parents Right To Know

You have the right to know about the teaching qualifications of your child’s classroom teacher in a school receiving Title I funds. The federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires that any school district receiving Title I funds must notify parents of each student attending any school receiving Title I funds that they may request, and the district will provide the parents on request (and in a timely manner), information regarding the professional qualifications of the student’s classroom teachers, including at a minimum, the following: 

1. Whether the teacher has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction; 

2. Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived; and 

3. Whether the teacher is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher; 

4. Whether your child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications. 

In addition, parents of participating children will be provided:

1.  Information on the level of achievement of their child(ren) on the required State academic assessments; and

2. Timely notice that the parent's child has been assigned, or has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by, a teacher who does not meet applicable State certification or licensure requirements at the grade level and subject area in which the teacher has been assigned.