Parent Information

Parent Right to Know

Under ESSA § 1112(e)(1)(A), at the beginning of each year, an
LEA shall notify parents that they may request and the LEA will provide certain information
regarding the professional qualifications of the student’s teachers and paraprofessionals. This
includes information about whether the student’s teacher:

1) has met state qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in
which the teacher provides instruction;

2) is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which state
qualification or licensing criteria have been waived;

3) is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher; and

4) whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their
qualifications