[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR200.36]



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                           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]