Sec. 5. Family engagement in education
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Title I ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. ) is amended by adding after section 1004 the following: Each State educational agency shall reserve not less than 0.3 percent and not more than 1 percent of such agency's allocated funds under section 1122 for each fiscal year for use as provided in subsection (b). From the amounts reserved for each fiscal year under subsection (a), each State educational agency— shall establish a Statewide Family Engagement Center under section 1006; shall establish at least 1 Local Family Engagement Center under section 1007; and may allocate any funds remaining after carrying out paragraphs
(1)and
(2)for building State educational agency capacity for family engagement activities under section 1008. If a State's allocation under section 1122 for a fiscal year is less than $60,000,000, and such State determines that such allocation is insufficient to establish a center of sufficient size and scope to meet the requirements of paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of subsection (b), such State may use its allocation for activities under section 1008. . Title I ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. ) is amended by adding after section 1005, as added by subsection (a), the following: From the funds reserved under section 1005, each State shall award a grant or contract to a statewide nonprofit organization to establish a Statewide Family Engagement Center to provide comprehensive training, technical assistance, and capacity-building to local educational agencies, organizations that support family-school partnerships, and other organizations that carry out parent education and family engagement in education programs. Each statewide nonprofit organization that desires a grant under this section shall submit an application to the State at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the State may require. Each application submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include, at a minimum, the following: A description of the applicant's approach to family engagement in education, including the use of strength-based strategies. A description of the applicant's plan for improving statewide capacity for family engagement in education, that includes— management capacity and governance; statewide leadership; systemic services for family engagement in education; capacity-building for local educational agencies, and schools served under this title; and student learning and school improvement. A description of the applicant's experience in providing training, information, and support to local educational agencies, schools, and nonprofit organizations on family engagement in education policies and practices that are effective for low-income parents and families, limited English proficient individuals, minorities, parents of students with disabilities, parents of homeless students, foster parents and students, parents of migrant students, and parents of Indian and Native Hawaiian students, where applicable. An assurance that the Statewide Family Engagement Center will— be governed by a board of directors, the membership of which includes parents of school-aged children; have a process for outreach and consultation with— parents of children from birth through young adulthood; representatives of the State parent-teacher association; representatives of education professionals with expertise in improving services for disadvantaged children; representatives of local elementary schools and secondary schools, including students, disadvantaged youth, and representatives from local youth organizations; and representatives of a State educational agency, a local educational agency, and an Indian tribe; operate a center of sufficient size, scope, and quality to ensure that the center is adequate to serve the State educational agency, local educational agencies, and community-based organizations; serve urban, suburban, and rural local educational agencies and schools; work with— the State educational agency, local educational agencies (including local educational agencies receiving funds under section 7113), and schools; Local Family Engagement Centers assisted under section 1007; parent training and information centers and community parent resource centers assisted under sections 671 and 672 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and other organizations and agencies; use not less than 20 percent of the funds received under this section in each fiscal year to establish or expand technical assistance for evidence-based early childhood parent education programs that focus on successful transition to school; provide assistance to the State educational agency, local educational agencies, Indian tribes, and community-based organizations that support family members in areas such as assistance in understanding State and local standards and measures of student and school academic achievement and strategies for supporting school academic achievement; work with the State educational agency, local educational agencies, Indian tribes, and schools to determine parental needs and the best means for delivery of services to address such needs; and meet the requirements for matching funds under subsection (d). A statewide nonprofit organization that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant funds to provide training, technical assistance, and capacity-building in coordination with the State educational agency, local educational agencies, Indian tribes, and organizations that support family-school partnerships to— assist parents in participating effectively in their children's education and to help their children meet State and local standards, such as assisting parents— to engage in activities that will improve student academic achievement, including understanding how they can support learning in the classroom with activities at home and in afterschool and extracurricular programs; to communicate effectively with their children, teachers, principals, counselors, administrators, and other school personnel; to become active participants in the development, implementation, and review of school-parent compacts, family engagement in education policies, and school planning and improvement; to participate in the design and provision of assistance to students who are not making adequate academic progress; to participate in State and local decisionmaking; to train other parents; and to help the parents learn and use technology applied in their children's education; assist the State educational agency in developing and implementing a 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; assist in the development, implementation, and assessment of family engagement in education policies and plans under sections 1112 and 1118; and supplement the family engagement activities under section 7115 and coordinate with the Bureau of Indian Education and Indian tribes to improve family engagement in education policies and programs, where applicable. For each fiscal year after the first fiscal year for which a statewide nonprofit organization receives a grant under this section, the organization shall demonstrate in the application that a portion of the services provided by the organization, as determined by the State, is supported through non-Federal contributions, which may be in cash or in-kind. Each statewide nonprofit organization that receives a grant under this section shall submit to the State, on an annual basis, information on the activities it has carried out using grant funds received under this section, including reporting on metrics developed under section 1505 and reporting on the recommendations provided by the special advisory committee and the actions taken in response to such recommendations. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a Statewide Family Engagement Center from— having its employees or agents meet with a parent at a site that is not on school grounds; or working with another agency that serves children. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section— no person (including a parent who educates a child at home, a public school parent, or a private school parent) shall be required to participate in any program of parent education or developmental screening under this section; and no program or center assisted under this section shall take any action that infringes in any manner on the right of a parent to direct the education of their children. The purpose of this section is to establish and operate Local Family Engagement Centers and to evaluate the usefulness and effectiveness of innovative approaches demonstrated by these centers in engaging families in their children’s education by providing training, services, supports, and opportunities that meet families' needs and remove barriers to their engagement in their children’s education to improve student achievement. From the funds reserved to carry out this section under section 1005(b)(2), a State educational agency shall award grants or enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with eligible entities to establish and operate Local Family Engagement Centers. In making grants under this section, the State shall give priority to eligible entities that propose to serve communities with the greatest need, as determined by the State. In this section, the term eligible entity means a private, nonprofit organization or Indian tribe that— has a demonstrated record of working with low-income parents and families in the community; is located in a community with elementary schools and secondary schools that receive funds under part A and is accessible to families of students in those schools; and is partnering with 1 or more local educational agencies or 1 or more schools that receive funds under part A. To receive a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the State educational agency at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the State educational agency may require, including— a description of the entity's approach on family engagement in education, including its use of strength-based strategies; information demonstrating that the applicant meets the definition of an eligible entity; information that the applicant has the capacity to structure and operate a center of sufficient scope and quality adequate to serve the needs of the local area in which it is located; a description of the entity’s experience in providing training, services, and support to low-income parents and families, English language learners, minorities, parents of students with disabilities, parents of homeless students, foster parents, parents of Indian and Native Hawaiian students, and parents of migrant students; a description of the collaboration with the local educational agency or school personnel in the area to be served by the center; a description of the steering committee, a majority of whose members are parents of students in schools that receive funds under part A, who will be targeted for services by the Local Family Engagement Center, that will direct and implement the activities of the Local Family Engagement Center; a description of how the entity will coordinate its efforts with the Statewide Family Engagement Center; information that the applicant is capable of meeting milestones or deadlines as the State educational agency may prescribe; and such other information as the State educational agency determines necessary. An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall establish and operate a Local Family Engagement Center and use the grant funds to provide training, services, and supports to engage families in their children’s education and to build the school-family partnerships necessary to ensure that all children are on track to graduate from high school ready for college and careers, such as through— assisting parents and families in understanding how they can improve student achievement, including how to access ongoing student performance data and related information to support learning in the classroom with activities at home, and in afterschool and extracurricular activities; assisting parents and families in supporting on-time graduation, including understanding early warning indicators that a student is at risk of not graduating on time; assisting parents and families in understanding how they can prepare their children academically, socially, and financially for postsecondary education, including early awareness of the availability of student financial assistance and career and technical education opportunities; training parents and families on effective ongoing communication with their children, teachers, principals, counselors, administrators, and other school personnel; providing direct services to families, such as home visitation, family literacy programs, and health and behavioral health services to meet the needs of families and remove barriers for engaging in the education of their children; providing advocacy services to ensure that families can fully participate in their children’s education; providing supports such as transportation, childcare, and meals to facilitate family engagement in education in programs implemented or assisted by the Center; and improving the coordination, availability, and effectiveness of integrated services and comprehensive supports for children and families. A State educational agency shall— evaluate the effectiveness of the grants funded under this section and section 1006; and issue an annual report on the implementation of such grants, describing any practices the State determines to be most effective or innovative for fulfilling the purposes of the Local Family Engagement Centers. Each State may use funds reserved under section 1005(b)(3) to support the development and implementation of the statewide family engagement in education plan described in section 1111(d) through activities such as— supporting an office or staff positions within the agency dedicated to family engagement in education; carrying out the State’s responsibilities under sections 1006 and 1007; developing and implementing a statewide data collection and evaluation system on family engagement in education metrics to identify schools that would benefit from training and support related to family engagement in education; reviewing local educational agencies’ family engagement in education policies and practices as provided by sections 1112(b)(1)(P) and 1118(i), and evaluating the use of funds under this section; coordinating technical assistance and support to local educational agencies, including local educational agencies receiving funds under section 7113, with schools that would benefit from training and support related to family engagement in education; developing curricula for professional development for teachers, principals, school librarians, and other school leaders on improving family engagement in education; developing standards and curricula for family engagement in education in partnership with teacher and principal preparation programs; and coordinating statewide services related to early education, higher education, child health and welfare, after-school programs, community service-learning programs, and other programs to develop coordinated family engagement in education policies, practices, and services. . The table of contents in section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1004 the following: Sec. 1005. Family engagement and responsibility fund. Sec. 1006. Statewide Family Engagement Centers. Sec. 1007. Local Family Engagement Centers Program. Sec. 1008. State educational agency capacity for family engagement activities. .
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