今日看料

Title I, Part A Parent and Family Engagement

Additional Resources

For additional resources please visit the .

Overview and Legal Requirements

LEAs receiving Title I, Part A funds must engage families through programs and activities that align with ESEA section 1116. This page includes references to the to help you locate relevant requirements. 

Required Policies

Each LEA and school that receives Title I, Part A funds must develop a written PFE policy that describes how it will implement the requirements and established the program components for parent and family engagement in ESEA Section 1116.

What’s Required 

  • A District Parent and Family Engagement Policy  
  • A School-level Parent and Family Engagement Policy 
  • Both must be developed jointly with families and reviewed annually
    • See 2025 Guidance, pp. 7-8 for required elements of the LEA level policy and pp. 14 for required elements of the school level policy. 
LEA Resources
School Resources
School-Parent Compact

Each Title IA school must jointly develop with parents a School-Parent Compact that outlines how families, school staff, and students will share responsibility for improved academic achievement. The compact must describe how the school and families will build and develop a partnership to help children achieve the state’s high academic standards.

  • See 2025 Guidance, pp. 16 for required elements of the School-Parent Compact. 
Resources
Evaluation and Continuous Improvement

Annual evaluations must be conducted by Local Education Agencies (LEA) for the content and effectiveness of their Parent and Family Engagement (PFE) programs and policies.

The following surveys are adapted from??and explore the effectiveness of PFE programs. While these samples do not cover?every?possible topic, they do contain examples of many factors that need to be reviewed when considering the success of PFE program efforts. 

Please note: When your school is attempting to do a comprehensive survey process, you may find that breaking the survey into smaller pieces and administering it over a few weeks is a more manageable process. 

Parenting

Sample Parenting Survey: English?|?Cambodian?|?Chinese?|?Korean?|?Punjabi?|?Russian?|?Somali?|?Spanish?|?Tagalog?|?Vietnamese 

Communication

Sample Communication Survey: English?|?Cambodian?|?Chinese?|?Korean?|?Punjabi?|?Russian?|?Somali?|?Spanish?|?Tagalog?|?Vietnamese 

Volunteering

Sample Volunteering Survey: English?|?Cambodian?|?Chinese?|?Korean?|?Punjabi?|?Russian?|?Somali?|?Spanish?|?Tagalog?|?Vietnamese 

Learning at 今日看料

Sample Learning at 今日看料 Survey: English?|?Cambodian?|?Chinese?|?Korean?|?Punjabi?|?Russian?|?Somali?|?Spanish?|?Tagalog?|?Vietnamese 

Decision Making

Sample Decision Making Survey: English?|?Cambodian?|?Chinese?|?Korean?|?Punjabi?|?Russian?|?Somali?|?Spanish?|?Tagalog?|?Vietnamese 

Community Collaboration

Sample Community Collaboration Survey: English?|?Cambodian?|?Chinese?|?Korean?|?Punjabi?|?Russian?|?Somali?|?Spanish?|?Tagalog?|?Vietnamese 

Survey with All Sections A-F

Sample Survey with all Sections: English?|?Cambodian?|?Chinese?|?Korean?|?Punjabi?|?Russian?|?Somali?|?Spanish?|?Tagalog?|?Vietnamese 

Funding and Allowable Uses

Set-Aside Requirement

LEAs receiving more than $500,000 in Title I, Part A funds must reserve at least 1% for PFE activities. Of that amount, at least 90% must be distributed to Title IA schools, prioritizing those with the greatest need. 

LEAs must: 

  • Engage families in deciding how PFE funds are used
  • Provide opportunities for meaningful parent input on engagement activities
  • Track PFE expenditures accurately at the school or LEA level
  • Carry over any unspent funds and add them to the current year’s PFE budget
Resources

PFE Budget Survey Form 

The?PFE Budget Survey sample may be used to solicit parent feedback to: 

  • Make recommendations to schools about PFE activities. 
  • Generate suggestions to improve activities involving parents. 
  • Develop a report to share with parents, staff, and the community. 
Communication with 今日看料

Under state and federal law, all parents have the right to information about their child's education in a language they can understand.

Best Practices for Two-Way Communication

  • Provide information in a family’s preferred language
  • Use accessible formats and plain language
  • Offer multiple touchpoints: email, text, in-person, flyers

Building Trust Tips

  • Invite family input and respond to concerns
  • Ensure accessibility at all engagement events
  • strategy (Module 2) 
    • See Guidance pp. 4 for details on communication expectations
Resources
Building Parent and Staff Capacity

Each school and LEA receiving assistance under Title I, Part A must ensure effective involvement of parents and support a partnership among the school, the parents, staff, and the community to improve student academic achievement through training, information, and coordination activities. (ESEA section 1116(e)). 

  • See Guidance pp. 17 for details on building parent capacity expectations.
Resources


Except where otherwise noted, the Washington ESSA Consolidated Plan developed by the by Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is licensed under a .