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h. Information regarding parental rights that includes written guidance:
i. Detailing parents’ right to immediately remove their child from the program upon
their request;
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ii. Detailing parents’ options to decline enrollment in the program or to choose another
program or instructional method, if available; and
iii. Assisting parents in selecting among various programs and instruction methods, if
more than one program/method is offered.

Parents shall be provided this information no later than 30 days after the beginning of the
school year or, for students identified as English learners during the school year, within the
first two weeks of the child’s placement in a language instruction educational program.
2. Outreach. Each district shall implement an effective means of outreach to parents of English
learners to inform the parents regarding how they can be involved in their children’s
education, and be active participants in assisting their children to attain English proficiency,
achieve at high levels within a well-rounded education, and meet challenging State academic
standards expected of all students. In addition, the outreach shall include holding, and
sending notice of opportunities for, regular meetings for formulating and responding to parent
recommendations.
III. Parent and Family Engagement
1. Parent and family engagement policies. Parents and family members shall be notified of
the parent and family engagement policy in an understandable and uniform format and, to the
extent practicable, provided in a language the parents can understand. Such policy shall be
made available to the local community and updated periodically to meet the changing needs
of parents and the school.
2. Meeting and information. Each school shall:

a. Convene an annual meeting, at a convenient time, to which all parents of participating
children shall be invited and encouraged to attend, to inform parents of their school’s
participation, and to explain the requirements of this part, and the right of the parents to
be involved;

b. Offer a flexible number of meetings;

c. Involve parents, in an organized, ongoing, and timely way, in the planning, review, and
improvement of programs including the planning, review, and improvements of the
school parent and family engagement policy and the joint development of the schoolwide
program plan under §6314(b);

d. Provide parents of participating children:
• Timely information about programs under this part;
• A description and explanation of the curriculum in use at the school, the forms of
academic assessment used to measure student progress, and the achievement levels of
the challenging State academic standards; and
• If requested by parents, opportunities for regular meetings to formulate suggestions
and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions relating to the education of their
children, and respond to any such suggestions as soon as practicably possible.

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