Title I Documents

2025-2026 CEP Title I Documents

Parent and Family Engagement Policy

PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT POLICY

Central Primary PAFE Policy

Statute: Section 1116(a)(2) ESEA states that each LEA must establish the LEA's expectations for parent and family engagement.

Policy Overview

Central Primary's Parent and Family Engagement Policy outlines how the school district will involve families in a child's education through regular, meaningful communication and active partnership in decision-making and learning. This policy ensures all students benefit from a home-school connection and that family needs are met. The policy includes commitments to inform families of their child's progress, provide opportunities for family involvement, and offer resources to support learning at home.

Statutory Requirements

The Ascension Parish Schools agrees to implement the following statutory requirements:

Joint Development: Involve parents and family members in jointly developing the LEA's plan under ESEA section 1112, and support and improvement plans under ESEA section 1111(d)(1)-(2).
Coordination and Technical Assistance: Provide coordination, technical assistance, and other support necessary to assist and build capacity of all Title I, Part A schools in planning and implementing effective parent and family involvement activities to improve student academic achievement and school performance. This may include meaningful consultation with employers, business leaders, and philanthropic organizations, or individuals with expertise in effectively engaging parents and family members in education.
Integration of Strategies: Coordinate and integrate parent and family engagement strategies under Title I, Part A with parent and family engagement strategies under other relevant Federal, State, and local laws and programs, to the extent feasible and appropriate.
Annual Evaluation: Conduct, with the meaningful involvement of parents and family members, an annual evaluation of the content and effectiveness of the parent and family engagement policy in improving the academic quality of the schools served with Title I, Part A funds. This includes identifying:
- Barriers to greater participation by parents in activities under ESEA section 1116, with particular attention to parents who are economically disadvantaged, are disabled, have limited English proficiency, have limited literacy, or are of any racial or ethnic minority background
- The needs of parents and family members to assist with the learning of their children, including engaging with school personnel and teachers
- Strategies to support successful school and family interactions
Evidence-Based Strategies: Use the findings of the evaluation to design evidence-based strategies for more effective parent and family engagement, and to revise, if necessary, the parent and family engagement policies under ESEA section 1116.
Parent Involvement in Title I Activities: Involve parents in the activities of Title I, Part A schools, which may include establishing a parent advisory board comprised of a sufficient number and representative group of parents or family members served by the LEA to adequately represent the needs of the population served by the LEA for the purposes of developing, revising, and reviewing the parent and family engagement policy.

Parent and Family Engagement Planned Activities

Central Primary PAFE Plan

Statute: Section 1116(a)(2) ESEA

Each LEA must establish the LEA's expectations for parent and family engagement.

Ascension Public Schools will be governed by the following statutory definition of parent and family engagement, and expects that its Title I schools will carry out programs, activities, and procedures in accordance with this definition:

Parent and family engagement means the participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities, including ensuring—

that parents play an integral role in assisting their child's learning;
that parents are encouraged to be actively involved in their child's education at school;
that parents are full partners in their child's education and are included, as appropriate, in decision-making and on advisory committees to assist in the education of their child; and
the carrying out of other activities, such as those described in section 1116 of the ESEA.

Planned Activities to Engage Parents and Families

Ascension Public Schools agrees to implement the following activities to engage parents and families: