Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/887

 PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978

92 STAT. 2167

PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT

125. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COUNCILS.—(1) A local educational agency may receive funds under this title onl^ if it establishes an advisory council for its entire school district which— "(A) has a majority of members who are parents of children to be served by projects assisted under this title; "(B) is composed of members elected by the parents in each district; and "(C) includes representatives of children and schools eligible to be served by, but not currently participating in, programs assisted with funds provided under this title. "(2)(A) A local educational agency may receive funds under this title only if it establishes an advisory council for each project area or project school, except as provided in subparagraph (B), which— "(i) has a majority of members who are parents of children to be served by programs assisted under this title, and "(ii) is composed of members elected by the parents in each project area or project school. "(B) In the case of any project area or project school in which not more than one full-time equivalent staff member is paid with funds provided under this title, and in which not more than forty students participate in such programs, the requirements of subparagraph (A) shall be waived. "(C) In the case of any project area or project school in which 75 or more students are served by programs assisted by funds provided under this title, each such project area or project school advisory council, in addition to meeting the requirements of subparagraph (A), shall— " (i) be composed of not less than 8 members, who shall serve for terms of two years, after which time they may be re-elected; "(ii) elect officers of the council after it has been fully constituted; and "(iii) meet a sufficient number of times per year, according to a schedule and at locations to be determined by such council. "(3) Any individual who is a teacher at a school serving a project area or is a parent of a child residing in an eligible school attendance area or attending an eligible school shall be eligible to be elected as a member of the districtwide advisory councils established pursuant to paragraph (1), but nothing in this sentence shall preclude the eligibility of other individuals who are residents in that district. No individual who is a teacher at a project school or a school serving a project area shall be ineligible to be elected as a member of a districtwide or project area or school advisory council on the basis of residency outside such area or district. "(b) RESPONSIBILITIES or ADVISORY COUNCILS.—Each local educational agency shall give each advisory council which it establishes under subsection (a) responsibility for advising it in planning for, and implementation and evaluation of, its programs and projects assisted under this title. "(c) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.— (1) Each local educational agency shall provide without charge to each member of an advisory council established by such an agency under subsection (a) of this section— " (A) a copy of the text of this title. "SEC.

Advisory council for entire school district.

20 USC 2735. Membership.

Advisory council for project area or project school. Membership,

Waiver,

Addi^onal requirements,



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