PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
III-8 PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
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Parental Involvement Policy
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3-8.1 Parental Involvement Policy
The Nebraska City Public Schools, after having conducted
a public hearing concerning parental involvement and participation in
the school district determines 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 personal
conferences for the parent and appropriate school personnel to discuss
those concerns identified. The district will prepare a complaint
form which may be used by any parent to express objections to
particular instructional materials. The complaint forms will seek
information including, but not limited to, the specific instructional
material that has been 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.
(Ref. 79-4, 244 [1])
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). (Ref. 79-4, 244 [2])
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 a
parent concerning what specific testing, classroom instruction, or
other school experience the parent finds objectional, the basis for the
parent’s objection, and proposed solution for dealing with the
objection that would be satisfactory to the parent.
(Ref. 79-4, 244[3])
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 79-4,157 and the Federal
Education Right to Privacy Act during regular business hours of the
school or wherever the student’s records may regularly be maintained by
the district. (Ref. 79-4, 244[4])
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
might be reviewed and the date upon which the tests will be
administered. (Ref. 79-4, 244 [5])
Prior to any school sponsored survey being administered to the students
of the district, it shall be the duty of the schools
to notify the parent or guardian of each student involved in the survey
the nature of the survey, the date and time when the survey will be
administered, and the proposed use of the survey results. Any
parent, who requests in writing that their student be excused from
completing the survey, shall have the request honored. (Ref.
79-4, 244 [6])
It shall also be the policy of the Nebraska City Public Schools to
prohibit any diminution in grade, credit, or other
determent to the student as a result of having been excused from any
school experience or school activity because of objections by their
parent or guardian under this policy.
This policy shall be reviewed, on a periodic basis, by the Education
Committee of the Nebraska City Public Schools Board of Education.
Policy Approved August 11, 2003
Nebraska City
Public Schools
and
Educational Service Unit #4, Auburn, Nebraska
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