Guidance document directs local education agencies (LEAs) to develop or implement plans, policies, or programs to engage parents/families in the educational process.

Guidance document directs local education agencies (LEAs) to develop or implement plans, policies, or programs to engage parents/families in the educational process.

Guidance document directs local education agencies (LEAs) to develop or implement plans, policies, or programs to engage parents/families in the educational process.

A school board may designate the first Monday in October of each year “Bring Your Parents to School Day” to promote parental involvement and student success. On this day, the school board may permit the parents or guardians of students to attend class with their children and meet with teachers and administrators during the school day.

A school district may utilize up to two days allowed by law for teachers’ institutes to conduct parental institutes for the parents and guardians of children attending the district. No district may utilize teachers’ institute days as parental institute days without the consent of the district’s inservice advisory committee created under Section 3-11. If a district does not have an inservice advisory committee, parental institute days must be approved by the district’s teaching staff. Parental institutes shall be designed by the school district upon consultation with the district’s teaching staff, administrators, and parents’ organizations. The district may provide appropriate personnel, including district staff, to conduct, attend, or participate in all or any portion of the institutes. Parental institutes shall provide information on such topics as the district shall deem necessary to achieve the following purposes:

• (1) Enhance parental involvement in the education of the district’s students;
• (2) Improve parental communication and involvement with the district;
• (3) Enhance parental knowledge of child development, district programs, school conditions, and societal problems threatening students; and
• (4) Improve parental skill development.

Districts shall use every means available to inform parents and guardians about parental institutes and to encourage attendance at and active participation in such events. Parental institutes may be held during that period of the day which is not part of the regular school day and may be held on Saturdays. Days scheduled for parental institutes may be scheduled separately for different grade levels and different attendance centers of the district. Districts may establish reasonable fees, not to exceed the cost of holding parental institutes, for attendance and shall waive any fees so established for any parents or guardians who may be unable to afford such fees. Nothing shall preclude districts from applying for or accepting private funds to conduct parental institutes.

The board may designate the first Monday in October of each year “Bring Your Parents to School Day” to promote parental involvement and student success. On this day, the board may permit the parents or guardians of students to attend class with their children and meet with teachers and administrators during the school day.

Each local school council shall have and exercise, consistent with the provisions of this Article and the powers and duties of the board of education, the following powers and duties: 1. (A) To annually evaluate the performance of the principal of the attendance center using a Board approved principal evaluation form, which shall include the evaluation of (i) student academic improvement, as defined by the school improvement plan, (ii) student absenteeism rates at the school, (iii) instructional leadership, (iv) the effective implementation of programs, policies, or strategies to improve student academic achievement, (v) school management, and (vi) any other factors deemed relevant by the local school council, including, without limitation, the principal’s communication skills and ability to create and maintain a student-centered learning environment, to develop opportunities for professional development, and to encourage parental involvement and community partnerships to achieve school improvement ... 1.5. The local school council’s determination of whether to renew the principal’s contract shall be based on an evaluation to assess the educational and administrative progress made at the school during the principal’s current performance-based contract. The local school council shall base its evaluation on (i) student academic improvement, as defined by the school improvement plan, (ii) student absenteeism rates at the school, (iii) instructional leadership, (iv) the effective implementation of programs, policies, or strategies to improve student academic achievement, (v) school management, and (vi) any other factors deemed relevant by the local school council, including, without limitation, the principal’s communication skills and ability to create and maintain a student-centered learning environment, to develop opportunities for professional development, and to encourage parental involvement and community partnerships to achieve school improvement. ...

Guidance document directs local education agencies (LEAs) to develop or implement plans, policies, or programs to engage parents/families in the educational process.

Guidance document directs local education agencies (LEAs) to develop or implement plans, policies, or programs to engage parents/families in the educational process.

Guidance document directs local education agencies (LEAs) to develop or implement plans, policies, or programs to engage parents/families in the educational process.

Guidance document directs local education agencies (LEAs) to develop or implement plans, policies, or programs to engage parents/families in the educational process.