Policy 6:170
Title I Programs
The Superintendent or designee shall pursue funding under Title I,
Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged, of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, to supplement instructional
services and activities in order to improve the educational
opportunities of educationally disadvantaged or deprived children.
All District schools, regardless of whether they receive Title I
funds, shall provide services that, taken as a whole, are substantially
comparable. Teachers, administrators, and other staff shall be assigned
to schools in a manner that ensures equivalency among the District’s
schools. Curriculum materials and instructional supplies shall be
provided in a manner that ensures equivalency among the District’s
schools.
Title I Parental Involvement
The District maintains programs, activities, and procedures for the
involvement of parents/guardians of students receiving services, or
enrolled in programs, under Title I. These programs, activities, and
procedures are described in District-level and School-level compacts.
District-Level Parental Involvement Compact
The Superintendent or designee shall develop a District-Level Parental
Involvement Compact according to Title I requirements. The District-Level
Parental Involvement Compact shall contain: (1) the District’s expectations for
parental involvement, (2) specific strategies for effective parent involvement
activities to improve student academic achievement and school performance, and
(3) other provisions as required by federal law. The Superintendent or designee
shall ensure that the Compact is distributed to parents/guardians of students
receiving services, or enrolled in programs, under Title I.
School-Level Parental Involvement Compact
Each Building Principal or designee shall develop a School-Level Parental
Involvement Compact according to Title I requirements. This School-Level
Parental Involvement Compact shall contain: (1) a process for continually
involving parents/guardians in its development and implementation, (2) how
parents/guardians, the entire school staff, and students share the responsibility for
improved student academic achievement, (3) the means by which the school and
parents/guardians build and develop a partnership to help children achieve the
State’s high standards, and (4) other provisions as required by federal law. Each
Building Principal or designee shall ensure that the Compact is distributed to
parents/guardians of students receiving services, or enrolled in programs, under
Title I.
Adopted: February 19, 2008
Revised: February 26, 2018