Federal Programs "Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015"
Federal Programs
Parent/Guardian Notification
Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA, Public Law 114-95) requires notification to
parents/guardians when any of the following situations exist in a district receiving Federal
funds.
Upon request, our district is required to provide to you in a timely manner, the following
information:
1. Districts must annually disseminate Federal Programs Complaint Resolution Procedures to
parents/guardians of students and appropriate private school officials or representatives.
2. At the beginning of each school year, a participating school district must notify the
parents/guardians of each student attending a building that receives Title I funds that they may
request, and the district will provide in a timely manner, information regarding the professional
qualifications of their child’s classroom teachers and any paraprofessionals providing services to
their child.
a. Whether your student’s teacher is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher.
b. Whether your student’s teacher has met State qualifications and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction.
c. Whether your student’s teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional
status through which State qualifications or licensing criteria have been waived.
3. A building that receives Title I funds must provide all parents/guardians notice that their
child has been assigned, or has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks, by a teacher or
a person who is not appropriately certified.
4. When a school is identified for School Improvement, the district must notify the
parents/guardians of all children in the identified Title I building of its School Improvement
status. Yearly updates are provided to parents with available options until the building is no
longer identified for improvement.
5. Information on the level of achievement and academic growth of your student, if applicable
and available, on each of the State academic assessments required under Title I.A.
6. Within thirty days after the beginning of the school year, a district must inform
parents/guardians that their limited English proficient (LEP) child has been identified for
participation in a language instruction educational program.
7. Parents/guardians of students enrolled in a persistently dangerous school, or students who
are victims of violent criminal offense while on school property, must be notified of their option
to transfer their student to a school that is not designated persistently dangerous.