Glenbard Township High School District 87
Policy 6:170
Instruction
Title I Programs
The Superintendent or designee shall pursue funding under Title I Improving the Academic
Achievement of the Disadvantaged, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to supplement
instructional services and activities in order to improve the educational opportunities of educationally
disadvantaged or deprived children.
All District schools, regardless of whether they receive Title 1 funds, shall provide services that,
taken as a whole, are substantially comparable. Teachers, administrators and other staff shall be
assigned to schools in a manner that ensures equivalency among the District’s schools. Curriculum
materials and instructional supplies shall be provided in a manner that ensures equivalency among the
District’s schools.
Title I Parental Involvement
The District maintains programs, activities, and procedures for the involvement of parents/guardians
of students receiving services, or enrolled in programs, under Title I. These programs, activities, and
procedures are described in District-level and School-level compacts.
District-Level Parental Involvement Compact
The Superintendent or designee shall develop a District-Level Parental Involvement Compact
according to Title I requirements. The District-Level Parental Involvement Compact shall contain:
(1) the District’s expectations for parental involvement, (2) specific strategies for effective parent
involvement activities to improve student academic achievement and school performance, and
(3) other provisions as required by federal law. The Superintendent or designee shall ensure that the
Compact is distributed to parents/guardians of students receiving services, or enrolled in programs,
under Title I.
School-Level Parental Involvement Compact
Each Building Principal or designee shall develop a School-Level Parental Involvement
Compact according to Title I requirements. This School-Level Parental Involvement Compact
shall contain: (1) a process for continually involving parents/guardians in its development and
implementation, (2) how parents/guardians, the entire school staff, and students share the
responsibility for improved student academic achievement, (3) the means by which the school
and parents/guardians build and develop a partnership to help children achieve the State's high
standards, and (4) other provisions as required by federal law. Each Building Principal or
designee shall ensure that the Compact is distributed to parents/guardians of students receiving
services, or enrolled in programs, under Title I.
LEGAL REF.: Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §6301-6514.
CROSS REF.: 2:260 (Uniform Grievance Procedure), 4:110 (Transportation), 5:190 (Certification),
5:280 (Duties and Qualifications), 6:15 (School Accountability), 6:140 (Education of
Homeless Children), 6:145 (Migrant Students), 6:160 (Limited English Proficient
Students), 7:10 (Equal Educational Opportunities), 7:30 (Student Assignment), 7:60
(Residence), 7:100 (Health Examinations, Immunizations, and Exclusion of
Students), 8:95 (Parental Involvement)
ADOPTED: December 8, 1997
REVISED: January 27, 2003
REVIEWED: January 17, 2006
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