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Legislation
Public Law 103-382, The Improving America's Schools Act, Section (d), "Shared
Responsibilities for High Student Performance":
"...each school served under this
part shall jointly develop with parents for all children served under this part a
school-parent compact that outlines how parents, the entire school staff, and students
will share the responsibility for improved student achievement and the means by which the
school and parents will build and develop a partnership to help children achieve the
State's high standards.
Such Compact shall...
1. describe the school's responsibility
to provide high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning
environment that enables the children served under this part to meet the State's student
performance standards; the ways in which each parent will be responsible for supporting
their children's earning, such as monitoring attendance, homework completion, and
television watching; volunteering in their child's classroom; and participating, as
appropriate, in decisions relating to the education of their children and positive use of
extracurricular time; and
2. address the importance of
communication between teachers and parents on an ongoing basis through, at a minimum:
a. parent-teacher conferences in
elementary schools, at least annually, during which the compact shall be discussed as the
compact relates to the individual child's achievement;
b. frequent reports to parents
on their children's progress; and
c. reasonable access to staff,
opportunities to volunteer and participate in their child's class, and observation of
classroom activities."
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