Supplement, Not Supplant (SEC. 1118(b)(1)-(4))

Avery County Schools uses Title I funds to supplement existing core instruction for students within our district. The LEA complies to state allocations of teachers and reviews and monitors comparability data to ensure equitable distribution of teachers per school. For the purposes of staffing and nonstaffing resources (Professional Development, Supplies, and Materials, Staff Development, Travel, etc.) 

Parent and Family Engagement--Use of Funds

Supporting schools and nonprofit organizations in providing professional development for local educational agency and school personnel regarding parent and family engagement strategies, which may be provided jointly to teachers, principals, other school leaders, specialized instructional support personnel, paraprofessionals, early childhood educators, and parents and family members. (SEC. 1 116(a)(3)(D)(i)) 

• Supporting programs that reach parents and family members at home, in the community, and at school. (SEC. 1 116(a)(3)(D)(ii)) 

• Disseminating information on best practices focused on parent and family engagement, especially best practices for increasing the engagement of economically disadvantaged parents and family members. (SEC. 1 116(a)(3)(D)(iii)) 

• Engaging in any other activities and strategies that the local educational agency determines are appropriate and consistent with such agency's parent and family engagement policy. (SEC. 1 116(a)(3)(D)(v))

View our School-Home Compact here.

View our school Title 1 Plan here.

View our Family Engagement Policy here.

Elementary and Secondary Education Act requires all LEAs to notify parents of all children in all Title I Schools that they have the right to request and receive timely information on the professional qualifications of their children’s classroom teachers.  This notice must be sent at the start of each school year.  The notice does not itself contain the teacher information; it simply tells parents the types of information they may request.  

At a minimum, if a parent requests it, LEA/school must report:

• Whether the teacher has met state qualifying and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher is teaching

• Whether the teacher is teacher under emergency or other provisional status through which state qualification or licensing criteria have been waived

• The baccalaureate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, including the field of discipline of the certification or degree and

• Whether the child is provided services by paraprofessional and, if so, their qualifications. 

In addition, if a child is assigned, or taught by, a teacher who is not “highly qualified” for four or more consecutive weeks, the parents must receive timely notice.

These and other communications with parents must be in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practical, in a language the parents can understand.  According to ED guidance, if there is no other way to provide information, it should be provided in oral translation.

Requests must be in writing to the principal. 

This applies only to Title I Schools.