Section 3302: Parental Notification Requirements under Title III-A, NCLB, for Eligible Entities (Consolidated and Consortia Applications) Receiving Title III-A Funds

I. IDENTIFICATION AND ENROLLMENT / To inform parent or parents that their child has been identified as limited-English proficient and is/will be participating in a language instruction educational program
A child shall not be admitted to, or excluded from, any federally assisted education program on the basis of a surname or language-minority status
WHEN / Not later than 30 days after the beginning of the school year
SPECIAL RULE / ·  For a child not identified as in need of program prior to the beginning of the school year, parental notification shall be made within 2 weeks of the child being placed in a program
WHAT – in general, notification to include: / ·  Reasons for the identification as LEP and in need of placement
·  Child’s level of English proficiency
·  How such level was assessed
·  Status of child’s academic achievement
·  Method of instruction used in program (to be) provided
·  Methods of instruction used in other available programs (to include how they differ in content, instruction goals, and use of English and a native language in instruction
·  How program will meet the educational strengths and needs of the child
·  How program will specifically help their child learn English
·  How program will specifically help their child meet age appropriate academic standards for grade promotion and graduation
·  Specific exit requirements for program
·  Expected rate of transition from program into “regular/mainstream” classrooms
·  Expected rate of graduation from secondary schools (when T3 funds used for children in secondary schools)
·  For child with disability: how program meets objectives of the IEP
II. RIGHT TO DECLINE OR END / ·  Rights to have child immediately removed from program upon their request
·  Options to decline to enroll child in program or to choose another program or method of instruction if available
III. FAILURE OF PROGRAM TO MEET AMAO / ·  Required when the language instruction educational program has failed to make progress on the annual measurable achievement objectives (AMAO)
·  Not later than 30 days after such failure occurs
IV. FOR ALL NOTICES / ·  Information to be provided in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, in a language that the parent can understand
V. PARENTAL PARTICIPATION AND OUTREACH / ·  LEAs shall implement an effective means of outreach to parents of LEP students to inform them how they can
a. be involved in the education of their children
b. be active participants in assisting their child to learn English, to achieve at high levels in core academic subjects, and to meet the same challenging State academic content and student academic achievement standards as all children are expected to meet.
·  This outreach shall include holding, and sending notice of opportunities for, regular meetings for the purpose of formulating and responding to recommendations from parents of LEP students
·  LEAs shall assist parents to select among various programs and methods of instruction, if more than one program or method is offered

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