[House] SFUSD: Your Rights as a Parent @ SFUSD
Ruth Anne
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Mon Sep 25 11:15:24 PDT 2017
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:03:29 +0000
From: "Rose Medellin chicanitas at hotmail.com [monroeelementary]"
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To: monroe <monroeelementary at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [monroeelementary] SFUSD: Your Rights as a Parent @ SFUSD
Just thought this information a useful resource for our Monroe families.
Para los que no prefieren en español puede verlo en la pagina del distrito
aquí.
http://www.sfusd.edu/en/
Your Child’s Education: Things You Should Know
It is essential that parents and guardians of school-age children
attending public schools, and other citizens, participate in improving
public education institutions. The following Code describes public
school parents' rights in California.
EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 51100-51102
51100
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
1. It is essential to our democratic form of government that parents
and guardians of schoolage children attending public schools and
other citizens participate in improving public education
institutions. Specifically, involving parents and guardians of
pupils in the education process is fundamental to a healthy system
of public education.
2. Research has shown conclusively that early and sustained family
involvement at home and at school in the education of children
results both in improved pupil achievement and in schools that are
successful at educating all children, while enabling them to
achieve high levels of performance.
3. All participants in the education process benefit when schools
genuinely welcome, encourage, and guide families into establishing
equal partnerships with schools to support pupil learning.
4. Family and school collaborative efforts are most effective when
they involve parents and guardians in a variety of roles at all
grade levels, from preschool through high school.
51101
1.
Except as provided in subdivision (d), the parents and guardians of
pupils enrolled in public schools have the right and should have the
opportunity, as mutually supportive and respectful partners in the
education of their children within the public schools, to be informed
by the school, and to participate in the education of their children,
as follows:
1. Within a reasonable period of time following making the request,
to observe the classroom or classrooms in which their child is
enrolled or for the purpose of selecting the school in which their
child will be enrolled in accordance with the requirements of any
intradistrict or interdistrict pupil attendance policies or
programs.
2. Within a reasonable time of their request, to meet with their
child's teacher or teachers and the principal of the school in
which their child is enrolled.
3. To volunteer their time and resources for the improvement of
school facilities and school programs under the supervision of
district employees, including, but not limited to, providing
assistance in the classroom with the approval, and under the
direct supervision, of the teacher. Although volunteer parents may
assist with instruction, primary instructional responsibility
shall remain with the teacher.
4. To be notified on a timely basis if their child is absent from
school without permission.
5. To receive the results of their child's performance on
standardized tests and statewide tests and information on the
performance of the school that their child attends on standardized
statewide tests.
6. To request a particular school for their child, and to receive a
response from the school district. This paragraph does not
obligate the school district to grant the parent's request.
7. To have a school environment for their child that is safe and
supportive of learning.
8. To examine the curriculum materials of the class or classes in
which their child is enrolled.
9. To be informed of their child's progress in school and of the
appropriate school personnel whom they should contact if problems
arise with their child.
10. To have access to the school records of their child.
11. To receive information concerning the academic performance
standards, proficiencies, or skills their child is expected to
accomplish.
12. To be informed in advance about school rules, including
disciplinary rules and procedures in accordance with Section
48980, attendance policies, dress codes, and procedures for
visiting the school.
13. To receive information about any psychological testing the school
does involving their child and to deny permission to give the
test.
14. To participate as a member of a parent advisory committee,
schoolsite council, or site-based management leadership team, in
accordance with any rules and regulations governing membership in
these organizations. In order to facilitate parental
participation, schoolsite councils are encouraged to schedule a
biannual open forum for the purpose of informing parents about
current school issues and activities and answering parents'
questions. The meetings should be scheduled on weekends, and prior
notice should be provided to parents.
15. To question anything in their child's record that the parent feels
is inaccurate or misleading or is an invasion of privacy and to
receive a response from the school.
16. To be notified, as early in the school year as practicable
pursuant to Section 48070.5, if their child is identified as being
at risk of retention and of their right to consult with school
personnel responsible for a decision to promote or retain their
child and to appeal a decision to retain or promote their child.
2. In addition to the rights described in subdivision (a), parents
and guardians of pupils, including those parents and guardians
whose primary language is not English, shall have the opportunity
to work together in a mutually supportive and respectful
partnership with schools, and to help their children succeed in
school. Each governing board of a school district shall develop
jointly with parents and guardians, and shall adopt, a policy that
outlines the manner in which parents or guardians of pupils,
school staff, and pupils may share the responsibility for
continuing the intellectual, physical, emotional, and social
development and well-being of pupils at each schoolsite. The
policy shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, the
following:
1. The means by which the school and parents or guardians of
pupils may help pupils to achieve academic and other standards
of the school.
2. A description of the school's responsibility to provide a high
quality curriculum and instructional program in a supportive
and effective learning environment that enables all pupils to
meet the academic expectations of the school.
3. The manner in which the parents and guardians of pupils may
support the learning environment of their children, including,
but not limited to, the following:
1. Monitoring attendance of their children.
2. Ensuring that homework is completed and turned in on a
timely basis.
3. Participation of the children in extracurricular
activities.
4. Monitoring and regulating the television viewed by their
children.
5. Working with their children at home in learning activities
that extend learning in the classroom.
6. Volunteering in their children's classrooms, or for other
activities at the school.
7. Participating, as appropriate, in decisions relating to
the education of their own child or the total school
program.
3. All schools that participate in the High Priority Schools Grant
Program established pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with
Section 52055.600) of Chapter 6.1 of Part 28 and that maintain
kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 5, inclusive, shall jointly
develop with parents or guardians for all children enrolled at
that schoolsite, a school-parent compact pursuant to Section 6319
of Title 20 of the United States Code.
4. This section does not authorize a school to inform a parent or
guardian, as provided in this section, or to permit participation
by a parent or guardian in the education of a child, if it
conflicts with a valid restraining order, protective order, or
order for custody or visitation issued by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
51101.1
1. A parent or guardian's lack of English fluency does not preclude a
parent or guardian from exercising the rights guaranteed under
this chapter. A school district shall take all reasonable steps to
ensure that all parents and guardians of pupils who speak a
language other than English are properly notified in English and
in their home language, pursuant to Section 48985, of the rights
and opportunities available to them pursuant to this section.
2. Parents and guardians of English learners are entitled to
participate in the education of their children pursuant to Section
51101 and as follows:
1. To receive, pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of
Section 51101, the results of their child's performance on
standardized tests, including the English language development
test.
2. To be given any required written notification, under any
applicable law, in English and the pupil's home language
pursuant to Section 48985.
3. To participate in school and district advisory bodies in
accordance with federal and state laws and regulations.
4. To support their children's advancement toward literacy.
School personnel shall encourage parents and guardians of
English learners to support their child's progress toward
literacy both in English and, to the extent possible, in the
child's home language. School districts are encouraged to make
available, to the extent possible, surplus or undistributed
instructional materials to parents and guardians, pursuant to
subdivision (d) of Section 60510, in order to facilitate
parental involvement in their children's education.
5. To be informed, pursuant to Sections 33126 and 48985, about
statewide and local academic standards, testing programs,
accountability measures, and school improvement efforts.
3. A school with a substantial number of pupils with a home language
other than English is encouraged to establish parent centers with
personnel who can communicate with the parents and guardians of
these children to encourage understanding of and participation in
the educational programs in which their children are enrolled.
51102
Upon approval of the materials by the State Board of Education, the
State Department of Education shall make materials available that
describe a comprehensive partnership at a schoolsite that involves
parents and guardians of pupils in the public schools of California in
the education of their children in a variety of roles at all grade
levels on or before December 31, 1999. The materials shall include
information about the possible roles of each teacher, principal,
parent or guardian, and other school personnel in fostering and
participating in parent involvement activities and programs. The
materials shall also include a statement that the right of parents and
guardians to participate in parent activities and programs shall only
apply to the extent that the participation does not conflict with a
valid restraining order, protective order, or order for custody or
visitation issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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Posted by: Rose Medellin <chicanitas at hotmail.com>
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