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Notifications Required in Michigan by No Child Left Behind Act
The following is a memorandum sent to superintendents and
academy directors from Jeremy Hughes, Chief Academic
Officer/Deputy Superintendent of the Michigan Department of
Education on October 13, 2003.
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The purpose of this memorandum is to summarize the notifications
that school districts and public school academies are required
to provide to parents under the No Child Left Behind Act, and to
clarify these requirements in light of the delay in the
availability of 2002-03 MEAP results and calculation of 2002-03
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The required notifications fall
into the two categories indicated below.
Notifications regarding staff qualifications:
At the beginning of each school year, districts and academies
that receive Title I funds must notify parents of students who
attend Title I schools of their right to request information on
the professional qualifications of their children’s classroom
teachers and the qualifications of any paraprofessionals who
provide services to their children.
If a student attending a Title I school is assigned to, or
taught for, four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is
not highly qualified, the school must provide timely notice to
the student’s parents.
Notifications regarding Title I schools identified for
improvement:
· If a Title I school is identified for improvement, continuing
improvement or corrective action (two, three or four years of
not making AYP), the district or academy must notify parents of
students attending the school of the option to transfer their
children to another school in the district that is not
identified for improvement. This notification must be made
directly to parents, through such means as regular mail or
e-mail. Schools that did not make AYP in 2001-02, and
were identified for improvement, continuing improvement or
corrective action, must provide the transfer option for 2003-04,
even if they make AYP in 2002-03. These schools will continue to
be identified until they have made AYP for two consecutive
years. Schools that made AYP in 2001-02, but were still
identified for improvement, should wait until 2002-03 AYP
results are available to determine if the school is still
identified.
· If a Title I school is identified for continuing improvement
or corrective action (three or four years of not making AYP),
the district or academy must also notify parents of children
from low-income families of the opportunity for their children
to receive supplemental educational services from a
state-approved provider. Schools that did not make AYP in
2001-02, and were identified for continuing improvement or
corrective action, must provide the opportunity for supplemental
educational services in 2003-04 since they will continue to be
identified even if they make AYP in 2002-03. Schools that
made AYP in 2001-02, but were still identified for
continuing improvement or corrective action, should wait until
2002-03 results are available to determine if the school is
still identified.
I hope that the above information clarifies district and academy
responsibilities in view of the delay in the availability of
2002-03 AYP results. If you have questions about these
requirements, please contact your Field Services consultant.
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