Parent Involvement Policy
PARENT INVOLVEMENT POLICY (3-8.1)
Having conducted a (district wide) public hearing concerning parent involvement/participation, the Nebraska City Public Schools determined that,
It shall be the policy of the Nebraska City Public Schools to provide access to parents to all textbooks, tests, curriculum materials, and any other instructional materials used by the school.
It shall also be the policy of the Nebraska City Public Schools, in the event that any parent has a complaint or objection concerning any materials, to make available a personal conference for the parent and appropriate school personnel to discuss those concerns identified. The district will prepare a complaint form to be used by any parent to express objections to particular instructional materials. The complaint forms will seek information identified for the complaint, the reason for the complaint and a proposed solution for resolving the complaint from the parent’s perspective. The Administration will respond in writing to the person filing the complaint with an appropriate response.
It shall also be the policy of the Nebraska City Public Schools to permit parents, upon a reasonable advance request, to attend and monitor courses, assemblies, counseling sessions, and other activities (such as FBLA, DECA, FFA, etc.)
It shall also be the policy of the Nebraska City Public Schools to encourage communications from parents concerning when a parent believes it to be appropriate for their student to be excused from testing, classroom instruction, and other school experiences that the parent finds objectionable. The school district shall include a provision in the complaint form to receive information from the parent concerning what specific testing, classroom instruction, or other school experience the parent finds objectionable. The basis for the parent’s objection, and proposed solution for dealing with the objection that would be satisfactory to the parent.
It shall also be the policy of the Nebraska City Public Schools to provide full access to the records of the students to the parent or guardian (as set forth in State of Nebraska Law and the Federal Education Right to Privacy Act). Records are available during regular business hours of the school (or wherever the student records are maintained within the district).
It shall also be the policy of the Nebraska City Public Schools to notify, through normal means (i.e. school newsletters), a parent or guardian of any student who will be asked to complete a standard norm referenced or criterion referenced test. Parents will be notified, when it is reasonable to do so, where a sample of these tests may be reviewed and the date upon which the tests will be administered. It shall be the duty of the school to notify the parent/guardian of each student involved in a survey. The nature of the survey, the date and time when the survey will be administered, and the proposed use of the survey results, prior to any school sponsored student survey within the district. Any parent, who requests in writing that their student be excused from completing the survey, shall have their request honored.
It shall also be the policy of the Nebraska City Public Schools to prohibit any diminution in grade, credit, or other determent as a result of having been excused from a school experience or school activity based on objections by a student’s parent or guardian under this policy.
The Education Committee of the Nebraska City Public Schools Board of Education shall review this policy on an annual basis.
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Educational Service Unit #4, Auburn, Nebraska
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