§ 59-28-150 — State Superintendent of Education activities to promote parental involvement.

The State Superintendent of Education shall: (1) promote parental involvement as a priority for all levels from pre-K through grade 12, with particular emphasis at the middle and high school levels where parental involvement is currently least visible; (2) designate a Department of Education staff position whose specific role is to coordinate statewide initiatives to support school and district parental involvement; (3) collect and disseminate to districts and schools practices shown by research to be effective in increasing parental involvement at all grade levels; (4) provide parental involvement staff development training for district and school liaisons, as needed; (5) provide technical assistance relating to parental involvement training to districts and schools; (6) sponsor statewide conferences on best practices; (7) identify, recommend, and implement ways to integrate programs and funding for maximum benefit to enhance parental involvement; (8) enroll the Department of Education as a state member of national organizations which promote proven parental involvement frameworks, models, and practices and provide related services to state and local members; (9) promote and encourage local school districts to join national parental involvement organizations; and (10) monitor and evaluate parental involvement programs statewide by designing a statewide system which will determine program effectiveness and identify best practices and report evaluation findings and implications to the General Assembly, State Board of Education, and Education Oversight Committee.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 402, SECTION 1.