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KnowledgeBases > The English Language Learner KnowledgeBase for Administrators > Element 3: Communicate with and Involve Parents

Purpose:

Under Title III of the No Child Left Behind Act and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) requirements, school districts have obligations to communicate with and involve parents in their child’s education. Under Title III, schools "receiving such funds are to assure timely and effective notification to parents English language learner students and extend a means for them to be involved with their child's education." Similarly, the OCR requirements specify school districts communicate in a way that assures meaningful access for English language learner (ELL)students and their parents. 

To fulfill these responsibilities, school districts should develop procedures for providing parents of ELL students with the same information provided to the parents of their English language peers in a language appropriate manner. As a result of these obligations, school districts must develop effective ways for involving parents of their ELL students in their child's education.

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