1. (A) Each school district superintendent shall consider:

   1. (1) designating staff to serve as a parent liaison for the district to coordinate parental involvement initiatives and coordinate community and agency collaboration to support parents and families;
   2. (2) requiring each school to designate a faculty contact for parental involvement efforts to work collaboratively with the district coordinator and network with other school faculty contacts;
   3. (3) requiring each school principal to designate space within the school specifically for parents which contains materials and resources on the numerous ways parents and schools can and should partner for a child's academic success; and
   4. (4) encouraging principals to adjust class and school schedules to accommodate parent-teacher conferences at times more convenient to parents and, to the extent possible, accommodate parents in cases where transportation and normal school hours present a hardship.

2. (B) Each school district superintendent shall:

   1. (1) include parental involvement expectations as part of each principal's evaluation;
   2. (2) include information about parental involvement opportunities and participation in the district's annual report; and
   3. (3) disseminate to all parents of the district the expectations enumerated in Section 59-28-180.

HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 402, SECTION 1.