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©NYS PTA® Call for Action – NCLB April 2007 Call for Action Dr. Maria Fletcher, Vice President April 2007 Reauthorization of No Child Left Behind On March 27, 2007 National PTA released four recommendations regarding the revision of this education law. All units across the country are being asked to contact their representatives in Washington to ask for inclusion of PTA’s recommendations in the reauthorization. This is your opportunity to advocate for all children, and ensure parent involvement provisions in NCLB Use the following recommendations as talking points in your messages to Congress: • PTA recommends every state designate an office or position, within their education department, responsible for overseeing the proper implementation of the parent involvement provisions required under NCLB. It will maintain records of all comments made with regard to the development and implementation of a school’s parent involvement plan and annually send a report on the school’s compliance with legal requirements for parent involvement.• PTA recommends the federal law require schools to provide information from the accountability systems in language that is both clear and understandable to parents.• PTA recommends states be required to integrate their PIRC (Parent Information Reporting Center) into the plan to increase parent involvement.• PTA recommends federal law support business and community involvement by providing incentives to encourage school-community partnerships. School-parent involvement plans must include community outreach and partnerships.To send a message- go to www.pta.org – click on Issues & Action – click on Take Action– click on Elected Officials– click on compose own letter. You can directly send a message on site.The reauthorization will be enacted soon – our voices must be heard Act Now!!
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