(1)The
council shall inform, at a minimum, the early childhood councils, public schools,
school districts, the state charter school institute, the department, the state board,
the department of higher education, the Colorado commission on higher education,
and the governing boards for the state institutions of higher education concerning
best practices and strategies, aligned with the national standards for family-school
partnerships, for increasing parent involvement in public education and promoting
family and school partnerships, including but not limited to best practices and
strategies in the following areas:
(a)Creating and implementing programs to effectively involve parents in
improving their children's education and levels of academic achievement. To
identify these be
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(1) The
council shall inform, at a minimum, the early childhood councils, public schools,
school districts, the state charter school institute, the department, the state board,
the department of higher education, the Colorado commission on higher education,
and the governing boards for the state institutions of higher education concerning
best practices and strategies, aligned with the national standards for family-school
partnerships, for increasing parent involvement in public education and promoting
family and school partnerships, including but not limited to best practices and
strategies in the following areas:
(a) Creating and implementing programs to effectively involve parents in
improving their children's education and levels of academic achievement. To
identify these best practices and strategies, the council shall review the programs
implemented in other states and the results of state and national research
conducted in this area.
(b) Involving parents in programs to raise academic achievement, increase
high school graduation rates, decrease student dropout rates, and close the
achievement and growth gap;
(c) Involving parents in a multi-tiered system of supports in public schools
and school districts;
(d) Involving parents in programs to raise academic achievement, improve
the persistence rate, and improve the on-time graduation rate of students enrolled
in institutions of higher education;
(e) Increasing parent involvement in education-related committees at the
local and state levels;
(f) Designing and implementing parent education programs and centers and
parent leadership training programs;
(g) Creating and implementing family-to-school liaison positions;
(h) Advising educator preparation programs about best practices for
including research-based family engagement strategies in coursework and
program requirements; and
(i) Providing feedback to state agencies and other organizations about
publicly available tools and resources that assist families with navigating the
education system.
(2) The council shall recommend to the state board and to the Colorado
commission on higher education plans for statewide parent involvement initiatives,
which may include, but need not be limited to:
(a) Requiring each school district and the state charter school institute, as
part of the accreditation process, to increase the level of parent involvement in
education; and
(b) Initiatives to increase admissions to institutions of higher education and
the degree-completion rate and to reduce the need for remediation.
(3) (a) The council shall provide training and other resources designed to
help the school district accountability committees and school accountability
committees increase the level of parent engagement with the public schools and
with school districts, including increasing the number of parents serving on school
district accountability committees and school accountability committees.
(b) The council shall work with the department to provide regional training
programs for school district accountability committees and school accountability
committees. At a minimum, the training programs must address parent leadership
and increasing parent engagement with school district accountability committees
and school accountability committees, including best practices for parent
engagement with school district accountability committees and school
accountability committees.
(c) The council shall work with the department to provide regional training
programs for school districts and charter schools concerning best practices and
skills for district and school personnel in working with parents.
(4) The council, in consultation with the department of education and the
department of higher education, shall identify key indicators of successful parent
engagement in education and use the indicators to develop recommendations for
methods by which the department of education and the department of higher
education may measure and monitor the level of parent engagement with
elementary and secondary public schools and with institutions of higher education
in Colorado.
(5) On or before December 31, 2013, and on or before December 31 each year
thereafter, the council shall report to the state board, the Colorado commission on
higher education, and the education committees of the senate and the house of
representatives, or any successor committees, the council's progress in promoting
parent engagement in the state and in fulfilling the duties specified in this section.