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Teacher Qualifications - Parent's Right to Request

Teacher Qualifications- Parent’s Right to Request Compliance with Public Law 114-95, Section 112(e)(1)(A)(i)-(ii) and Section 112(e)(1)(B)(ii)

In accordance with Every Student Success Act (ESSA)/PARENT’S RIGHT-TO-KNOW, this is a notification to every parent of a student in a Title I school that you have the right to request and receive in a timely manner: a) information regarding the professional qualifications of your student’s classroom teachers and/or paraprofessionals.

 

The information regarding the professional qualifications of your student’s classroom teachers/paraprofessional shall include the following:

  1. If the teacher has met state certification/qualification criteria for the grade level and subject areas taught:
  2. If the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which state certification/qualification criteria are waived;
  3. The teacher is assigned in the field of discipline of the certification;
  4. Whether the student is provided services by paraprofessionals, and if so, their qualifications [ESSA 112(e)(1)(A)(i)-(ii)]

In addition to the above information you will be notified if your child has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who does not meet the applicable state certification requirements at the grade level and subject area in which the teacher has been assigned.  [ESSA 112(e)(1)(B)(ii)]

 

If you would like to receive any additional information about any of the above issues, please contact Gary Preston, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources, at (903) 737-7473.