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Title I program created
Created under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, it did not mention parent involvement -
Title I program created
Created under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, it did not mention parent participation -
Parent Involvement Begins
Office of Education required school officials to create appropriate activities and services in which parents could be involved. -
Parent Involvement Expands
Language in a program guide called for the goal of parent involvement to be defined as building “the capabilities of parents to work with the school in a way that supports their children’s well being, growth, and development.” -
Southeastern Public Education Program representative expressed concerns to Congress
"The lack of community involvement in the creation of ESEA Title I programs often results in great misunderstandings, and even hostility, between the Negro community and school officials...there needs to be some mechanism...that will allow parents and community leaders to express their ideas and opinions, and to know their rights and responsibilities under ESEA funded programs." -
Parent Involvement Begins
Office of Education required local school officials to create “appropriate activities and services” in which parents could be involved. A government program guide stated the goal of parent involvement was defined as building “the capabilities of parents to work with the school in a way that supports their children’s well being, growth, and development.” -
Parent Involvement Regulations Passed
Regulations required parents to be involved in the planning,
operations, and evaluation of Title I projects. These new regulations also gave districts the option of establishing parent advisory councils to meet these requirements. -
Title I regulations
Regulations developed by the Office of Education required parents to be involved in the planning, operations, and evaluation of Title I projects. These new regulations also gave districts the option of establishing parent advisory councils to meet these requirements. -
General Education Provisions Act
Congress gave the commissioner of education the power to strengthen parental involvement language -
Regulations
Regulations required each state department of education to establish a districtwide parent advisory council. -
National Conference for Title I parents
Called for the establishment of the National Coalition of ESEA Title I Parents. -
National Parent Center Established in Washington, D.C.
The new center became the premier training, information, and resource center for parents as well as schools and districts. -
Educational Amendments to ESEA
Two full sections of the amended law were dedicated to ensuring parents would be included in the governance of the program. -
Weakening of parental involvement provisions
Under the Reagan administration, almost all parental involvement provisions in Title I were eliminated when ESEA was repealed and replaced with the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act -
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Reemergence of parental involvement language in Title I
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Improving America's Schools Act
Changes in language under Section 1118
required Title I schools to develop a written parent involvement policy and school-parent compacts, developed with and approved by parents, that would outline how students, parents, and school staff would work as a team to meet academic standards, and required multiple types of parent involvement. -
U.S. Department of Education's Title I Description
A local educational agency may receive funds under this part only if such agency implements programs, activities, and procedures for the involvement of parents in programs assisted under this part consistent with this section. Such programs, activities, and procedures shall be planned and implemented with meaningful consultation with parents of participating children.