Title I Part A - Sec. 1112
Local Education Agency Plans
This section covers many items required for federal program compliance, including completing the Consolidated Application, the LEA Plan, reporting student achievement to parents, the Parent's Right to Know statement, testing transparency, Language Instruction and Foster Care Transportation Plans.
PLANS REQUIRED:
- A local educational agency may receive a subgrant under this part for any fiscal year only if such agency has on file with the State educational agency a plan, approved by the State educational agency
- The plan may be submitted as part of a Consolidated Application under Section 8305
- Each local educational agency plan shall be filed according to a
schedule established by the State educational agency. The State educational agency shall approve a local educational agency's plan only if the State educational agency determines that the local
educational agency's plan:
- Provides that schools served under this part substantially help children served under this part meet the challenging State academic standards
- Meets the requirements of this Section
Section 1112 (b): LEA Plan provisions
There are 13 components that are required along with seven assurances that the LEA must agree to.
Section 1112(c)(5)(B)
LEAs are required to develop and implement clear written procedures governing how transportation to maintain children in foster care in their school of origin when in their best interest will be provided, arranged, and funded for the duration of the time in foster care. Section 1112(6) requires LEAs to ensure that all teachers and paraprofessionals working in a program supported with funds under this part meet applicable State certification and licensure requirements.
Section 1112 (e): Parents Right to Know
At the beginning of each school year, a local educational agency that receives funds under this part shall notify the parents of each student attending any school receiving funds under this part that the parents may request, and the agency 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:
- Whether the student's teacher has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction
- Whether the student's teacheris teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived
- Whether the student's teacher is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher
- Whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.
- information on the level of achievement and academic growth of the student, if applicable and available, on each of the State academic assessments required under this part
- timely notice that the student has been assigned, or has been taught for 4 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
TESTING TRANSPARENCY
At the beginning of each school year, a local educational agency that receives funds under this part shall notify the parents of each student attending any school receiving funds under this part that the parents may request, and the local educational agency will provide the parents on request (and in a timely manner), information regarding any State or local educational agency policy regarding student participation in any assessments mandated by Section 1111(b)(2) and by the State or local educational agency, which shall include a policy, procedure, or parental right to opt the child out of such assessment, where applicable.
Subject to subparagraph(C), each local educational agency that receives funds under this part shall make widely available through public means (including by posting in a clear and easily accessible manner on the local educational agency's website and, where practicable, on the website of each school served by the local educational agency) for each grade served by the local educational agency, information on each assessment required by the State to comply with Section 1111, other assessments required by the State, and where such information is available and feasible to report, assessments required districtwide by the local educational agency, including:
- the subject matter assessed
- the purpose for which the assessment is designed and used
- the source of the requirement for the assessment
- where such information is available:
- the amount of time students will spend taking the assessment, and the schedule for the assessment
- the time and format for disseminating results
LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION
Each local educational agency using funds under this part or title III to provide a language instruction educational program as determined under title III shall, not later than 30 days after the beginning of the school year, inform parents of an English learner identified for participation or participating in such a program.
Reviewers will expect to see the following:
- A LEA plan submitted with the Consolidated Application that covers all thirteen components in enough detail to explain how federal funds are used to supplement the educational programs to help students achieve academic success
- A Right to Know statement broadly distributed to parents.
(Newspaper, handbook, newsletters, etc.) - Testing Transparency statements notifying parents of their rights and of the assessments being given to their students.
- Examples of how the LEA informs EL students' parents about the required information. This should include an example of a notification letter sent home to notify parents if their child is identified as an English learner. This letter must have all of the components required in Section 1112 (e) (3) (A) (i-viii).