Advisory Council Duties:
1. Review the policy of
parental involvement adopted by the State Board
and the policy of parental involvement adopted
by the board of trustees of each school
district;
2. Review the information
relating to communication with and participation
of parents that is included in the annual report
of accountability for each school district;
3. Review any effective
practices carried out in individual school
districts to increase parental involvement and
determine the feasibility of carrying out those
practices on a statewide basis;
4. Review any effective
practices carried out in other states to
increase parental involvement and determine the
feasibility of carrying out those practices in
this State;
5. Identify methods to
communicate effectively and provide outreach to
parents and legal guardians of pupils who have
limited time to become involved in the education
of their children;
6. Identify the manner in
which the level of parental involvement affects
the performance, attendance and discipline of
pupils;
7. Identify methods to
communicate effectively with and provide
outreach to parents and legal guardians of
pupils who are limited English proficient;
8. Determine the necessity for
the appointment of a statewide parental
involvement coordinator or a parental
involvement coordinator in each school district,
or both;
9. On or before July 1 of each
year, submit a report to the Legislative
Committee on Education describing the activities
of the Advisory Council and any recommendations
for legislation; and
10. On or before February 1 of
each odd-numbered year, submit a report to the
Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for
transmission to the next regular session of the
Legislature describing the activities of the
Advisory Council and any recommendations for
legislation.
