Parent involvement is a required component of schoolwide planning. One of the more specific requirements for parent involvement is the Annual Meeting for parents.

Each year, Title I programs are required to host a meeting for parents to explain what the Title I program is and how parents can become involved in the Title I program. At this meeting, the following issues must be addressed:

• Explain their school’s participation in Title I (whether they are schoolwide or targeted)
• Explain the Title I requirements (schoolwide or targeted, whichever is applicable)
• Explain what participation in Title I programming means, including:
  • A description and explanation of the school’s curriculum;
  • Information on the forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress; and
  • Information on the proficiency levels students are expected to meet.
• Explain the district parental involvement policy, school parental involvement policy, and school-parent compact.
• Explain what the schoolwide program is and how the schoolwide plan will be assessed for effectiveness.
• Explain the right of parents to become involved in the school’s programs and ways to do so.
• Explain that parents have the right to request opportunities for regular meetings for parents to formulate suggestions and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions about the education of their children. The school must respond to any such suggestions as soon as practicably possible.