Title I School Level Parent Involvement Plan (Section 1118) Checklist
LSS:  ____________   School:  _____________  Date Received: _________  Date Reviewed: ________  
Reviewer: ________________________________

Part I.  General Expectations :   ____Meets the requirement	_____  Does not meet the requirement
Part II.    Must describe the means for carrying out the requirements of subsections (c) through (f).
Title I Requirements – General Requirements: 	Meets Requirement	Does Not Meet Requirement	
Parents of participating Title I students are involved in the decisions regarding the spending of the parent involvement fund.  Sec. 1118(3)(B)			
The plan is distributed to parents of participating Title I students.  Sec. 1118(b)(1)			
Parent Involvement Plan is jointly developed with parents.  Section 1118(b)(1)			
Schools convene parent meetings at least annually to inform parents of the school’s role in implementing Title I, the parents’ rights, and ways the school will provide for parental involvement Section 1118(c)(1) 			
Involve parents in program planning, including the planning, review, and improvement of the school parental involvement policy/plan.   
Section 1118(c)(3)(4)			
If the schoolwide program plan (1114) is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children, submit any parent comments on the plan when the school makes the plan available to the local educational agency. 
Section 1118(c)(5) 			
A written school-parent compact supporting instruction is jointly developed with parents of participating Title I students.     Section 1118(d)			
	
Title I Requirements:  Building Capacity- Section 1118(e)			
1. Provide assistance to parents in understanding the State’s academic content standards and student academic achievement standards, State and local academic assessments, and the requirements of Title I.   Section 1118 (e)(1)			
2. Provide materials and parent trainings/workshops to help parents improve their children’s academic achievement.    Section 1118 (e)(2)			
3. Educate school personnel with parental assistance on how to work with parents as equal partners in their child’s educational process.    Section 1118 (e)(3)			
4. To the extent feasible, coordinate and integrate programs purposed to increase parent involvement with other Federal programs such as Title III (ESOL), IDEA (Special Education), Head Start, 21st Century Community Learning, Judy Center as well as other community agencies such as Health Dept., Library, etc. (Section 1118 (e)(4))			
5. Ensure information is presented in a format and, to the extent practicable, in a language the parents can understand. Section 1118(e)(5)			
6. Provide such other reasonable support (provide literacy training, pay reasonable and necessary expenses associated with local parental involvement activities, including transportation and child care costs, provide a variety of meeting times and locations…) for parental involvement activities as parents may request.  
Section 1118 (e)(6-14) 			
	
Accessibility:  To the extent practicable, provide full opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of migratory children, including providing information in a format, and to the extent practicable, in a language such parents understand.  Section 1118(f)			
			
Maryland State Department of Education/Division of Student, Family and School Support/Program Improvement and Family Support Branch (9/20/11)