Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

Parents’ Right-to-Know

All parents have the right to request the following:

·       A teacher’s professional qualifications licensure, grade(s) certification, waivers

·       A teacher’s baccalaureate and/or graduate degree, fields of endorsement, previous teaching experience

·       A paraprofessional’s qualifications

·       An annual notice of Student Education Records Privacy and notice for disclosure of School Directory Information

·       An assurance that their child’s name, address, and telephone listing not be released to military recruiters

All parents will receive information on the following:

·       Their child’s level of achievement on each of the state’s academic assessments

·       Their option to request a transfer the child to another school in the district if their child is the victim of a violent crime or is assigned to an unsafe school

·       Their right to timely notification that their child has been assigned, or has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks, by a teacher who is not highly qualified