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20 U.S.C. 6318: Parent and family engagement
Created in 2002 by Public Law 89-10. Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
7 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 20 U.S.C. 6311, 20 U.S.C. 6312, 20 U.S.C. 6315, 20 U.S.C. 6320, 20 U.S.C. 6394.
1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education (1).
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This Congress
No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
2015
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(1), substituted "Parent and family engagement" for "Parental involvement" in section catchline. (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(2)(A), inserted "conducts outreach to all parents and family members and" after "only if such agency" and "and family members" after "and procedures for the involvement of parents". (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(2)(B)(ii), added subpars. (A) to (F) and struck out former subpars. (A) to (F) which related to description of how the agency would involve parents in development of plan, provide support in implementing parent involvement activities, build capacity for strong … (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(2)(B)(i), in introductory provisions, substituted "parents and family members" for "parents", "written parent and family engagement policy" for "written parent involvement policy", and "expectations and objectives for meaningful parent and family involvement" for "expectations… (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(2)(C)(i), added subpar. (A) and struck out former subpar. (A). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Each local educational agency shall reserve not less than 1 percent of such agency's allocation under subpart 2 of this part to carry out this section, … (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(2)(C)(ii), substituted "Parent and family member input" for "Parental input" in heading and "Parents and family members of children" for "Parents of children" in text. (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(2)(C)(iii), substituted "90 percent" for "95 percent" and inserted ", with priority given to high-need schools" after "schools served under this part". (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(2)(C)(iv), added subpar. (D). (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(3)(A), substituted "parent and family engagement policy" for "parental involvement policy" in heading. (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(3)(B), substituted "parents and family members of participating children" for "parents of participating children" and "written parent and family engagement policy" for "written parental involvement policy". (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(3)(C), substituted "parent and family engagement policy" for "parental involvement policy" and "parents and family members" for "parents". (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(3)(D), substituted "parent and family engagement policy that applies to all parents and family members in all schools served by the local educational agency" for "parental involvement policy that applies to all parents". (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(4)(A), substituted "parent and family engagement policy" for "parental involvement policy" and "6314(b)" for "6314(b)(2)". (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (c)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(4)(B), substituted "the achievement levels of the challenging State academic standards" for "the proficiency levels students are expected to meet". (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (c)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(4)(C), substituted "6314(b)" for "6314(b)(2)". (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (c)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(5)(A), substituted "parent and family engagement policy" for "parental involvement policy" in introductory provisions. (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (d)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(5)(B), substituted "the challenging State academic standards" for "the State's student academic achievement standards" and struck out ", such as monitoring attendance, homework completion, and television watching" after "children's learning". (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (d)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(5)(C), added subpar. (D). (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (d)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(6)(A), substituted "the challenging State academic standards" for "the State's academic content standards and State student academic achievement standards". (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (e)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(6)(B), inserted "(including education about the harms of copyright piracy)" after "technology". (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (e)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(6)(C), substituted "specialized instructional support personnel, principals, and other school leaders" for "pupil services personnel, principals". (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (e)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(6)(D), substituted "other Federal, State, and local programs, including public preschool programs," for "Head Start, Reading First, Early Reading First, Even Start, the Home Instruction Programs for Preschool Youngsters, the Parents as Teachers Program, and pub… (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (e)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(7), added subsec. (f) and struck out former subsec. (f). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "In carrying out the parental involvement requirements of this part, local educational agencies and schools, to the extent practicable, shall provide full opportunit… (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (f)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(8), added subsec. (g) and struck out former subsec. (g). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "In a State where a parental information and resource center is established to provide training, information, and support to parents and individuals who work with lo… (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (g)
- Pub. L. 114–95, §1010(9), substituted "parent and family engagement policies" for "parental involvement policies". (Every Student Succeeds Act) Law text · (h)
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.