• Title I is the largest federally funded educational program. It provides supplemental funds to assist in meeting student’s educational goals.
•   How does Title I work?
  • Federal Title I funds are allocated to states and then to school districts. School districts identify schools that are eligible to receive funds.
• Types of Title I Programs
  • Schoolwide Program 
    Schools with 40% or more of its students from low-income families can develop schoolwide Title I programs to serve all students.  Schoolwide programs can combine Title I funds with federal, state, and local funds to improve school programs.
    Kirksville is a school wide Title I school.  The funding is based on our number of free/reduced students.  
  • Targeted Assistance Programs 
    Schools with 35-39% of its students from low-income families can have a Targeted Assistance Program.  These schools will work out a plan to make sure that children served by Title I meet Kentucky’s achievement standards.  Targeted Assistance Programs cannot combine federal, state, and local funds.
• Title I  School Goals 
  • Identify student needs 
  • Improve classroom instruction
  • Help students master Kentucky Academic Standards
  • Increase Parent Involvement
• Way Title I  Funds Are Used

  • Improving curriculum

  • Instructional Activities/Resources

  • Technology

  • Additional Staff Salaries

  • Staff Professional Development

  • Parent Engagement

Title I Parent Compact

Title I is a federally supported program whose mission is to provide an equitable education to all.  As required by current federal regulation, every Title I school must develop a school-family compact to outline how parents, the school and the student will share the responsibility of improving student achievement.  Our compact supports that learning is a partnership between the family and the school for student success.  

KIRKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SCHOOL-FAMILY COMPACT FOR LEARNING 

This compact pledges our school community to increase student achievement so that all students will be proficient learners. 
PARENTS/GUARDIANS PLEDGE TO: 

• Stress the importance of regular school attendance.
• Support the school regarding approved discipline procedures
• Communicate with your child’s teacher on a regular basis. 
• Set aside time for homework.
• Monitor and limit technology/screen time use
• Help your child see how to use reading to pursue his/her interests and goals.
• Encourage your child to understand and respect cultural diversity. 

STUDENTS PLEDGE TO: 

• Be prepared for school each day with completed assignments and supplies. 
• Let my teachers and family know if I need help. 
• Understand the importance of regular school attendance. 
• Respect myself, my school and other people. 
• Follow rules of appropriate student conduct. 
• Understand and respect cultural diversity. 

SCHOOL PERSONNEL PLEDGE TO: 

• Provide necessary assistance to families so they can complete homework assignments.
• Communicate regularly with parents and students about student progress. 
• Provide high quality instruction in a supportive and non-threatening environment. 
• Maintain high expectations for all students, believing that all students can learn. 
• Make myself available and my classroom accessible to families. 
• Provide a physically safe environment conducive to the welfare of each student. 
• Encourage all students to understand and respect cultural diversity. 

I have read and understand this school-family compact.

Parent Signature:_________________________________________________________________

Student Signature:_______________________________________________________________

Printable Version

KVETitleISchoolFamilyCompact2023-24.pdf

KIRKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT & FAMILY ENGAGEMENT POLICY:

TITLE 1 SCHOOL WIDE PROGRAM

All students at Kirksville Elementary School are Title 1 students. Kirksville teachers and staff are committed to building a strong family-school partnership that will allow us, as parents and teachers, to work together to achieve success for all students. “Parent” is defined as: A parent, stepparent, or foster parent of a student; or a person who has legal custody of a student pursuant to a court order and with whom the student resides (KRS 160.345 1.c). We recognize that you, the parent, are your child’s first and most important teacher.  Research shows that a parent’s continued involvement is essential for student success.  Therefore, Kirksville has adopted the following Parent and Family Engagement Policy.  It has been developed with the help of parents to support the building and strengthening of this partnership between families and the school.

I.  At the beginning of the year, parents will receive information concerning the instructional objective involving Title 1 and the Parent and Family Engagement Policy.  A copy of the School-Family Compact is included in our school handbook, which parents receive upon enrollment of student(s) at Kirksville.

II. Title One staff will offer an annual meeting, at the beginning of the year, to inform parents of their child’s participation in our school-wide Title program.  All parents are invited and encouraged to attend.  Important information will be passed out and there will be a question and answer time offered.  The meeting will cover:

• Explanation of the Title 1 program, services provided with Title 1 funds, history of Title 1, and funding and regulations
• Expectations and standards for raising test scores and student achievement
• Parents’ right to be involved
• Particular attention will be given to reach those parents who need assistance (i.e. home visits, language translation)
• Role of our Title para educators
• Reviewing the School-Family Compact for Learning
• Materials and methods used to reach all our students
• What our school academic need(s) are and how they were identified

III. Kirksville Elementary School will provide flexible meetings and activities throughout the year and ongoing communication between school and home.

• Two parent-teacher conferences - One in the fall and one in the spring.  Child care may be provided by Title 1 staff.  Transportation and a language interpreter may be provided upon request.  Parents can request additional conferences at any time.
• Home visits
• Progress reports
• E-mails, newsletters, phone calls, Blackboard texts, Monday folders, and school web page

IV. Parents will be provided:

• Timely information and opportunities to attend regular meeting
• School performance reports and their child’s individual assessment results including an explanation of what the results mean
• Description and explanation of Kirksville’s curriculum and the types of assessment used to measure students’ progress
• Additional opportunities for parents to offer suggestions and to participate in decisions about the education of their children

V.  At the end of the school year, parents will be asked for help in assessing the effectiveness of the Title 1 program, using our Annual Parent Involvement Evaluation.  Parents will be invited to help in the planning, reviewing and improving of Kirksville’s parent involvement program using this information.  All comments and suggestions indicating parent dissatisfactions with the Title 1 Parent Involvement Policy will be collected and submitted along with the plan to the Kentucky Department of Education.

VI. Kirksville’s Parent Involvement Policy encourages strong parent involvement and supports partnerships among schools and community by:

• Appreciating and supporting all the ways in which parents encourage their child’s learning (i.e. monitoring attendance, helping with homework, volunteering in the classroom/PTO, attending parent-teacher conferences, etc…)
• Providing materials, activities and training to parents offered through our Family Resource Center to help parents improve their child’s achievement (i.e. Confidentiality training, Grandparents Tea, etc…)
• Sending home information in the language used at home to the best of our ability. For parents who are visually impaired, provide information in Braille or large print, whichever is applicable
• Involving parents, when and where appropriate, in the development of training for teachers and other staff that improves instruction
• Coordinating and integrating, as appropriate, parent involvement programs/activities with Head Start, Even Start, and public preschool programs
• Providing a Lending Library through the Family Resource Center and parenting classes offered each semester
• Help parents become full partners in the education of their child
• Developing appropriate roles for community –based organizations and businesses, and encouraging partnerships with our school (i.e. E.K.U., Madison County Public Library)

Printable Version 

23-24KVParentandFamilyEngagementPolicy.pdf

Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy 
Curriculum and Instruction 08.13451

This Policy and the plan to implement it have been developed jointly and in agreement with, and will be distributed to, parents and family members of students participating in the Title I program. Parents and family shall be notified of the policy in an understandable and uniform
format and, to the extent practicable, provided in a language that recipients can understand. This Policy shall be made available to the local community and updated periodically to meet the changing needs of parents and family, and the school.

EXPECTATIONS FOR PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT

Contingent on confirmation of resources and other necessary information being provided by state and federal authorities, it is the intent of the Board that parents and family of participating students shall be provided with flexible opportunities for organized, ongoing, and timely
participation in the planning, review, and improvement of the Title I program, including opportunities to suggest modifications, based on changing needs of parents, family and the schools.

All comments indicating parent and family dissatisfaction with the Title I plan shall be collected and submitted along with the plan to the Department of Education.

The Title I program shall be designed to assist students to acquire the capacities and achieve the goals established by law, as well as the goals and standards established by the Board. Consistent with law and policy covering student records confidentiality, these goals and standards shall be shared with parents and family in a manner that will give them: (1) timely information about programs; (2) a description and explanation of the school's curriculum, the forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress, the achievement levels in the challenging state
academic standards; the achievement level of their child on the challenging state academic standards assessments; and (3) if requested, opportunities for regular meetings to formulate suggestions and to participate in decisions relating to the education of their children.

SUPPORT FOR PROGRAM

If the District's Title I allocation is $500,000 or more, the District shall reserve not less than one percent (1%) of its allocation for the purpose of promoting parent and family engagement and shall distribute to Title I schools not less than ninety percent (90%) of the reserved funds with
priority given to high-need schools. Parents and family of participating students shall be provided the opportunity to help decide how this portion of the Title I funds will be allotted for parent and family engagement activities.

The District will provide coordination, technical assistance, and other support necessary to assist schools in planning and implementing effective parent and family engagement activities to improve student academic achievement and school performance. These measures may include,
but shall not be limited to, the following:

1. Designation of resources to assist in communicating with parents and family, transporting them to meeting sites and/or implementing home visits, providing childcare for meetings, encouraging them to use available parent and family resource centers, and working with them to improve parenting skills, particularly those that will assist them in working with their child to improve his/her educational achievements. Resources may include individuals, agencies, materials, and services.
2. Sharing options for coordinating and integrating Title I program strategies with services of other community programs, businesses, and agencies.
3. Identification of ways in which parents and family can be engaged in staff training activities to demonstrate the value of parent and family engagement and various techniques designed to successfully engage parents and family as equal partners in their child's education.
4. Making a good faith effort to convene an annual meeting at a convenient time to which all parents and family of participating children shall be invited and encouraged to attend for informing them of their school's participation in and requirements for Title I programs and of their rights to be involved.
5. Designing and conducting an effective annual evaluation process whereby parents can share their ideas about the content and effectiveness of this Policy in improving the academic quality of schools receiving Title I funds, and the plan designed to implement it. The process shall focus on the following questions:
   Does this Policy increase parent participation?
   What barriers to parent participation still exist, and how can they be reduced or removed?
   The findings produced by the annual evaluation shall be utilized to design strategies for school improvement and for revising this Policy, if necessary.
6. In the design of activities and materials for parents, particular attention shall be given to reaching and involving those who are economically disadvantaged, are disabled, have limited English proficiency, have limited literacy, or are of any racial or ethnic minority background.

SCHOOL POLICY

Each school shall submit to the Superintendent and Board, for review and comment, its Title I school parent and family engagement policy, which must meet all legal requirements, including a school-parent compact developed in keeping with legal requirements. This Policy shall be developed jointly with, and distributed by the school to, parents of participating students.

A copy of each school's parent and family engagement policy and accompanying checklist shall be kept on file in the Central Office.

REFERENCES:
Section 1118 of Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) of 1994
P. L. 114-95, (Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015)
KRS 157.077; KRS 158.645; KRS 158.6451
KRS 158.865; KRS 158.866; KRS 158.867
20 U.S.C. § 6318
RELATED POLICIES:
03.112; 08.1345; 09.11

Adopted/Amended: 7/12/2018
Order #: 2018-2233

August 16, 2023

Dear Parent or Guardian:

The educators in Madison County Schools are committed to providing a quality instructional program for your child. This letter is just one of the ways of keeping you informed of the educational commitment of our schools and our district.

Our district receives federal funds for Title I, Part A programs as a part of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Under ESSA, you have the right to request information regarding the professional qualifications of your child’s teacher(s). If you request this information, the district
will provide you with the following:

1. Whether the teacher has met the state requirements for licensure and certification for the grade levels and subject matters in which the teacher provides instruction;
2. Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which state qualification or licensing criteria have been waived;
3. The baccalaureate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree; and
4. Whether your child is provided services by paraeducators, and if so, their qualifications.

If you would like to request this information, please contact Gina Hall by phone at 859-624- 4500 or by email Gina Hall.  
Please include your child’s name, the name of the school your child attends, the names of your child’s teacher(s) and an address or email address where the information may be sent. Thank you for your interest and involvement in your child’s education.

Sincerely,

Gina Hall
Human Resources Associate Director

August 16, 2023

Dear Parent or Guardian:

Sections 1112(e)(2)(A)-(B) of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires the following regarding testing transparency.

(2) TESTING TRANSPARENCY.—
(A) IN GENERAL. – At the beginning of each school year, a local educational agency that receives funds under this part shall notify the parents of each student attending any school receiving funds under this part that the parents may request, and the local educational agency will provide the parents on request (and in a timely manner), information regarding any State or local educational agency policy regarding student participation in any assessments mandated by section 1111(b)(2) and by the State or local educational agency, which shall include a policy, procedure, or parental right to opt the child out of such assessment, where applicable.

(B) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. – Subject to subparagraph (C), each local educational agency that receives funds under this part shall make widely available through public means (including by posting in a clear and easily accessible manner on the local educational agency’s website and, where practicable, on the website of each school served by the local educational agency) for each grade served by the local educational agency, information on each assessment required by the State to comply with section 1111, other assessments required by the State, and where such
information is available and feasible to report, assessments required districtwide by the local educational agency, including—
(i) the subject matter assessed;
(ii) the purpose for which the assessment is designed and used;
(iii) the source of the requirement for the assessment; and
(iv) where such information is available—(I) the amount of time students will spend taking the assessment, and the schedule for the assessment; and
(II) the time and format for disseminating results.

Information about these requirements can be found on the Kentucky Department of Education’s Assessments webpage. For further questions or to obtain a hard copy of this material please direct your inquiry to Steve Case, District Assessment Coordinator.