20 U.S.C. § 7244: Uses of funds

Summary

Every statewide group or consortium that gets a grant under this part must spend the money, based on needs found under section 7243(b)(6)(I), to give training and technical help to state and local education offices, schools, and family-support groups. They must run activities and training for school leaders, teachers, and parents to help parents take part in their child’s education. That help can include ways to boost student learning, improve communication with school staff, join school planning and improvement, help students who are falling behind, take part in state and local decisions, train other parents, and use education technology. They must also work with the state education office to create statewide family engagement plans and write parental involvement policies required by this law. Centers may meet parents off school grounds and may work with other child-serving agencies. No one — including parents who homeschool or whose children attend public or private schools — may be forced to join any parent education program or developmental screening under this part. Programs funded under this part must not interfere with parents’ right to direct their child’s education.

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(a)In general

Each statewide organization or consortium receiving a grant under this part shall use the grant funds, based on the needs determined under section 7243(b)(6)(I) of this title, to provide training and technical assistance to State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and organizations that support family-school partnerships, and activities, services, and training for local educational agencies, school leaders, educators, and parents—

(1)to assist parents in participating effectively in their children’s education and to help their children meet challenging State academic standards, such as by assisting parents—

(A)to engage in activities that will improve student academic achievement, including understanding how parents can support learning in the classroom with activities at home and in after school and extracurricular programs;

(B)to communicate effectively with their children, teachers, school leaders, counselors, administrators, and other school personnel;

(C)to become active participants in the development, implementation, and review of school-parent compacts, family engagement in education policies, and school planning and improvement;

(D)to participate in the design and provision of assistance to students who are not making academic progress;

(E)to participate in State and local decisionmaking;

(F)to train other parents; and

(G)in learning and using technology applied in their children’s education;

(2)to develop and implement, in partnership with the State educational agency, statewide family engagement in education policy and systemic initiatives that will provide for a continuum of services to remove barriers for family engagement in education and support school reform efforts; and

(3)to develop and implement parental involvement policies under this chapter.

(b)Rule of construction

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a statewide family engagement center from—

(1)having its employees or agents meet with a parent at a site that is not on school grounds; or

(2)working with another agency that serves children.

(c)Parental rights

Notwithstanding any other provision of this section— (1)

(2)no program or center assisted under this section shall take any action that infringes in any manner on the right of parents to direct the education of their children.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2015 Amendment note under section 6301 of this title.

§7244 Uses of Funds

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