[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR200.36]

[Page 459-460]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                  CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND
              SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 200_TITLE I_IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED
--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart A_Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational 
                                Agencies
 
Sec. 200.36  Communication with parents.

    (a) Throughout the school improvement process, the State, LEA, or 
school must communicate with the parents of each child attending the 
school.
    (b) The State, LEA, or school must ensure that, regardless of the 
method or media used, it provides the information required by Sec. Sec. 
200.37 and 200.38 to parents--
    (1) In an understandable and uniform format, including alternative 
formats upon request; and
    (2) To the extent practicable, in a language that parents can 
understand.
    (c) The State, LEA, or school must provide information to parents--
    (1) Directly, through such means as regular mail or e-mail, except 
that if a

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State does not have access to individual student addresses, it may 
provide information to the LEA or school for distribution to parents; 
and
    (2) Through broader means of dissemination such as the Internet, the 
media, and public agencies serving the student population and their 
families.
    (d) All communications must respect the privacy of students and 
their families.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1810-0581)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6316)

[67 FR 71721, Dec. 2, 2002]