School districts receiving federal Title I program funds under the ESSA are required to provide the following information and notices to parents and/or the public.  For the 2024-2025 the School District of Holmen qualifying buildings are Sand Lake Elementary, Viking Elementary, and Evergreen Elementary.

• Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy (2261.01):
  School districts and schools receiving federal Tide 1 program funds are required by the ESSA [20 U.S.C. § 6318(a)2 and (b)] to notify parents of their parent and family engagement policy in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, in a language the parents can understand.
  • The District encourages parents to be involved in the planning, review, and improvement of Title I programs, including their participation in the development of the plan and the process for school review and improvement
  • Meetings will be conducted with parents including a provision for flexible scheduling and whatever assistance the District may be able to provide parents in order to better ensure their attendance at meetings, and for providing information in a language the parents can understand.
  • Meetings will include review and explanation of the curriculum, means of assessments, and the proficiency levels students are expected to achieve and maintain.
  • Opportunities will be provided for parents to formulate suggestions, interact and share experiences with other parents, and participate appropriately in the decision-making about the program and revisions to the plan.
  • Information concerning school performance profiles and their child’s individual performance will be communicated to the parents.
  • Parents will be provided with assistance (Examples: literacy training and technology, math strategies, etc) in providing help to their children in achieving the objectives of the program by such means as ensuring regular attendance, homework help, and other parenting strategies and tools.
  • The District will provide a timely response to parental questions and concerns.
  • The District will provide coordination, technical assistance and support necessary to assist Title I schools to develop effective parental participation activities to improve academic achievement and school performance.
  • The District shall ensure that a school-parent compact which outlines the responsibilities of the school staff, the parents and student for academic improvement is developed and signed each year for each Title I student.
     
• Title I -Parents’ Right to Know (2261.02):
  • School districts receiving federal Title I program funds are required by the ESSA [20 U.S.C. § 6312(e)1 A] to notify the parents of each student attending any school receiving such funds that they may request and obtain information regarding the professional qualifications of their child's classroom teachers, including at a minimum:
    • Whether the student's teacher(s) have met state qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction,
    • Whether the teacher(s) is teaching under emergency or provisional status in which the state requirements have been waived.
    • The undergraduate major of the teacher(s) and the area of study and any certificates for any graduate degrees earned.
    • The qualifications of any paraprofessionals providing services to their child(ren).
    • In addition, the parents shall be provided:
      • information on the level of achievement of their child(ren) on the required state academic assessments
      • timely notice if the parent’s child has been assigned, or has been taught for four (4) or more consecutive weeks by, a teacher who is not “highly qualified”.
      • a notification when their school has been named a Title I Priority or Focus School

Parents who request teacher and/or paraprofessional qualification information must be provided the information in a timely manner, in a uniform format (including alternative formats as requested), and, to the extent possible, in a language that parents can understand. 

• Student Assessment Information:
  • School districts receiving federal Title 1 program funds are required by the ESSA (20 U.S.C. §6312(e)2A) to notify the parents of each student attending any school receiving such funds that the parents may request information regarding state or local school district policies regarding student participation in any assessments mandated by law and by the district. When parents request this information, the district will provide it in a timely manner. The information provided must include a policy, procedure or parental right to opt their child out of the mandated assessments, where applicable. State law (section 118.30(2)(b) of the state statutes) establishes a parental right to excuse their child from taking the state-mandated examinations in grades 4, 8, 9, 10 and 11.  According to the DPI, our district will also honor parent requests to excuse their child from state-mandated testing at grades 3, 5, 6, and 7 at their discretion and on an individual basis. A parent must submit a written request for student opt-out of the state assessment to the principal. For further information regarding assessment, please see the Department of Public Instruction website section Assessment Information for Families FAQ.
  • Each school district receiving federal Title I program funds is required by the ESSA (IQ U.S.C. § 6312(e)2B) to make widely available through public means information on each state and district-required assessment for each grade served by the district. The yearly District Assessment Calendar for PK-12 state and district assessments can be found on the district website on the Assessment Testing Information and Results webpage as well as further information regarding the Assessment System used in the district such as the balanced assessment system, types of assessments, information provided by the assessment and purpose of the assessment.
  • Student Achievement Level and Academic Growth on State Academic Assessments: Each school receiving Title I funds is required by the ESSA [20 U.S.C. § 6312(e) 1 B(i)] to provide each individual parent of a child who is a student in such school, information on the achievement level and academic growth of their child on each of the state academic assessments. Individual profile/score sheets will be sent home with a letter from the principal in a timely manner when the state assessment results have been released from the Department of Public Instruction/test vendor.
  • District Report Card: Districts receiving federal Title I program funds are required by the ESSA [20 U.S.C. § 6311(h)(2)] to prepare and disseminate an annual school district report card that includes designated information on the district as a whole and each school served by the district. Further information regarding the district’s and school performance can be found on the district website. Parents and community can also find more academic data for school and  student performance on the WISEdash Public portal. The District and school specific report cards can be found on the School Report Card section on the Educational Options and Accountability Report webpage. Due to the widespread school closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education has waived federal reporting requirements regarding student assessment and accountability data from the 2019-20 school year (e.g., assessment results and related comparisons, percentage of students assessed and not assessed, number and percentage of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities taking an alternative assessment). According to DPI’s federal waiver information for local educational agencies posted on its website, most of the information normally required to be reported will not be reported due to the assessment waiver. “Some information, however, will still be available (for reporting), including the accountability system description, English language proficiency results, and possibly data related to the indicator of school quality and student success (absenteeism).”
    • The state secured a waiver for various federal accountability requirements in 2020-21.  Schools will not be held, for accountability purposes to a 95% test participation rate, as well as other academic indicators, school quality or student success indicators.