HIDOE ESSA - Parent Right to Request Teacher Qualifications

Dear Parents and Guardians:

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides parent(s)/guardian(s) of a HIDOE student, the right to know the professional qualifications of the classroom teacher(s) and if the child is provided services by paraprofessionals, their qualifications. Federal Law allows you to ask for certain information about your child's classroom teacher(s) and paraprofessional(s) and requires schools to give you this information in a timely manner upon request.

Parent(s)/Guardian(s) have the right to ask for the following information about each of your child's classroom teacher(s) and paraprofessional(s):

• Whether the teacher has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which he/she provides instruction
• Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which state qualification or licensing criteria have been waived
• Whether the teacher is teaching in the field of discipline of their teacher certification
• Whether any teachers' aides or similar paraprofessionals provide services to your child and, if they do, their qualifications

If you would like to request any of the above information, please email our community help email address: mhscommunityhelp@mililanihs.k12.hi.us

We will need the following information in your email: student name, parent/guardian name, teacher name, and information being requested.

For more information about the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), please click here