Parents' Right to Know Educator Qualifications
Dear Parent(s) or Guardian(s):
Our district is required to inform you of information that you, according to the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-95), have the right to know.
Upon your request, our district is required to provide to you in a timely manner, the following information:
- Whether your student's teacher has met the State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction.
- Whether your student's teaching is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which state qualification or licensing criteria have been waived.
- Whether your student's teacher is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher.
- Whether your child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.
In addition to the information that parents may request, a building receiving Title I. A funds must provide to each individual parent:
- Information on the level of achievement and academic growth of your student, if applicable and available, on each of the State's academic assessments required under Title I.A.
- Timely notice that your student has been assigned, or has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by, a teacher who has not met applicable State certification or licensure requirements the grade level and subject area in which the teacher has been assigned.
If you have any questions with regards to this notice, please contact your building principal and/or the Director of Operations, Dr. David LeMay.