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 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 108 STAT. 3551 "(A) involve parents in the joint development of the plan under section 1112, and the process of school review and improvement under section 1116; "(B) provide the coordination, technical assistance, and other support necessary to assist participating schools in planning and implementing effective parent involvement; "(C) build the schools' and parents' capacity for strong parent involvement as described in subsection (e); "(D) coordinate and integrate parental involvement strategies under this part with parental involvement strategies under other programs, such as Head Start, Even Start, the Parents as Teachers Program, the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, and State-run preschool programs; "(E) conduct, with the involvement of parents, an annual evaluation of the content and effectiveness of the parental involvement policy developed under this section— "(i) to determine the effectiveness of the policy in increasing the participation of parents; and "(ii) to identify barriers to greater participation by parents in activities authorized by this section, giving particular attention to parents who are economically disadvantaged, are disabled, have limited English proficiency, have limited literacy, or are of any racial or ethnic minority background; and "(F) use the findings of the evaluations described in subparagraph (E) in designing strategies for school improvement and revising, if necessary, the parental involvement policies described in this subsection and subsection (b)(1). "(3) RESERVATION. —(A) Each local educational agency shall reserve not less than 1 percent of such agency's allocation under this part to carry out this section, including family literacy and parenting skills, except that this paragraph shall not apply if 1 percent of such agency's allocation under this part (other than funds allocated under section 1002(e)) for the fiscal year for which the determination is made is $5,000 or less. "(B) Parents of children receiving services under this part shall be involved in the decisions regarding how funds reserved under subparagraph (A) are allotted for parental involvement activities. " (b) SCHOOL PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT POLICY.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Each school served under this part shall jointly develop with, and distribute to, parents of participating children a written parental involvement policy, agreed upon by such parents, that shall describe the means for carrying out the requirements of subsections (c) through (f). Such policy shall be updated periodically to meet the changing needs of parents and the school. "(2) SPECIAL RULE.— If the school has a parental involvement policy that applies to all parents, such school may amend that policy, if necessary, to meet the requirements of this subsection. "(3) AMENDMENT. —If the local educational agency has a school districtlevel parental involvement policy that applies

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