1. What is Title I? How Can I Be Involved?
Annual Parent Meeting
(School Name)
(Date)

2. Definition of Title I:
Title I provides federal funding to our campus to help students who are not achieving their potential or are most at risk of falling behind.

3. Definition of Title I:
Title I money is given to campuses based on the percentage of students receiving free or reduced lunch.
Schools with at least 40% percent of their students on free or reduced lunch are eligible for a school-wide program.

4. (Campus Name) operates a Title I School-wide Program.

5. School-wide means:
The campus uses Title I funds to upgrade the entire educational program of the campus.
Title I funds are used to serve all children in order to raise academic achievement.
Title I funds will be used to provide additional assistance to all students who experience difficulties in meeting the State’s performance targets.

6. To be a “School-wide” School:
The campus must have a free/reduced lunch count of at least 40%.
The campus must collect and analyze data that effects student achievement.
The campus must develop a comprehensive site plan and annually review the effectiveness of the plan.

7. Title I School-wide Program
(Campus Name)’s
Title I School-wide Program

8. Planning Team:
(List planning team members here. Remember, the planning team must include at least one parent.)

9. Summary:
(Insert summary of school-wide plan here including a brief explanation of needs assessment and how the campus will meet all 10 components.)

10. Focus Goals
(Insert the identified goals for the upcoming school year.)

11. Curriculum and Instructional Strategies:
(Insert a summary of the campus’s curriculum and campus reform strategies to be used in the upcoming school year.)

12. Assessment:
(Insert a description of how students will be assessed during the school year. Parents must be given an explanation of the new STAAR tests. This section may also include information on teacher-created assessments, reading inventories, and district benchmarks.)

13. Proficiency Levels:
(Insert performance targets for reading and math for the current school year.)

14. Title I Parent Notification Requirements

15. Parent Involvement Policy
(Insert here information on where the policy is located and how parents can obtain a copy of the policy. Provide parents at the meeting a copy and discuss the policy at this time.)

16. School-Parent Compact
(Insert here information on where the Home-School Compact is located and how parents can obtain a copy. Provide parents at the meeting a copy and discuss at this time.)

17. Parent’s Right to Know – Student Achievement
(Insert here information on how parents will be provided information regarding their child’s achievement on state assessments.)

18. How Can You Be Involved?

19. Parent Involvement Opportunities
(Insert a list of parent involvement opportunities at the campus. You may want to include a calendar with the information given to parents during the meeting.)

20. Parent Involvement in Decision Making
(Insert a list of opportunities for parents to be involved in decisions at the campus including how they can be involved in various committees.)

21. Right to Request Meetings
Upon the request of parents, the campus must provide opportunities for regular meetings for parents to formulate suggestions and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions about the education of their children.
The campus must respond to any such suggestions as soon as practicably possible.

22. Questions?

23. Contact Information
(Insert names and phone numbers of contacts at the campus.)