South Carolina § 59-28-170 - School district superintendent activities.

§ 59-28-170. School district superintendent activities.

(A) Each school district superintendent shall consider:

(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) 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) 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) 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.

(B) Each school district superintendent shall:

(1) include parental involvement expectations as part of each principal's evaluation;

(2) include information about parental involvement opportunities and participation in the district's annual report; and

(3) disseminate to all parents of the district the expectations enumerated in Section 59-28-180.

HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 402, SECTION 1.