Please review the current Elysian Fields ISD Parent-Family Engagement Policies and give your input on the form below. Your participation will help us evaluate the effectiveness of the current policies and guide us to make revisions as necessary. After getting input from all stakeholders and any revisions are completed, a final draft will be available in the 2024-2025 School Year.
Each local education agency that receives Title I, Part A funds shall conduct, with the meaningful involvement of parents and family members, an annual evaluation of the content and effectiveness of the parent and family engagement (PFE) policy in improving the academic quality of all schools served with Title I, Part A funds, including identifying:
Barriers to greater participation by parents in (parent and family engagement) activities, with particular attention to parents who are economically disadvantaged, are disabled, have limited English proficiency, have limited literacy, or are of any racial or ethnic minority background.
The needs of parents and family members to assist with the learning of their children, including engaging with school personnel and teachers.
Strategies to support successful school and family interactions. ESSA Section 1116 (a)(2)(D)
Parents and family members of children receiving Title I, Part A services shall be involved in the decisions regarding how funds reserved are allotted for parental involvement activities. ESSA Section 1116 (a)(3)(B)
Each school served under this part shall involve parents, in an organized, ongoing, and timely way, in the planning, review, and improvement of programs under this part, including the planning, review, and improvement of the school parent and family engagement policy and the joint development of the schoolwide program plan…” (ESSA Section 1116 (c) (3)).
