Region One ESC Migrant Education Program PAC Overview

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Region One ESCMigrant Education ProgramPAC
Overview

• Mari Chavana, Education Specialistmchavana_at_esc1.n
  et
• 956-984-6194Region One ESC 1900 West Schunior
• Edinburg, TX 78541
• www.esc1.net

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Parental Involvement

• Parents play a significant role in the academic
  achievement of their children. All Title I
  Programs, including the Migrant Education Program
  (MEP), support Parental Involvement by enlisting
  individual parents to help their children do well
  in school.

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Section 1304 Requirements

• Provides for the same parental involvement as
  outlined in section 1118 of ESEA.
• Requires LEAs to establish a district Parent
  Advisory Council (PAC).
• Requires parental involvement activities to be
  conducted in a format and language understandable
  to parents.

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Section 1118 of Elementary Secondary Education
Act (ESEA)

• A written parent involvement policy
• Policy involvement of parents in an organized
  on-going timely way in the implementation of
  the MEP
• Development of school parent compact in order to
  share the responsibility for high school academic
  achievement.

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Establishment of PACs

• Section 1304 of ESEA requires that the state MEP
  its subgrantees must establish consult with
  PACs in the planning the operating of MEP
  regular year programs.

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Function of the PAC

• The PAC advises the LEA on concerns of migrant
  parents that relate to the planning, operation
  and evaluation of MEP programs in which their
  children participate.

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PAC Eligibility

• Parents or guardians of eligible migrant children
  and individuals who represent the interests of
  such parents are eligible to serve as PAC
  members.
• Selection methods may include election,
  volunteering, nominations and/or appointments.

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PAC Membership

• PAC membership should be comprised of a majority
  of migrant parents and/or guardians.
• Other PAC members may include district personnel
  who represent the interests of such parents, i.e.
  Federal Programs Directors, Migrant Service
  Coordinators, Recruiters, Migrant Parent
  Liaisons, etc.

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PAC Procedures

• LEAs should establish appropriate procedures and
  schedules that support effective consultation
  with the PAC in the various aspects of the local
  MEP.
• Meeting times should be convenient for parents
  accommodate their work schedules.

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PAC Agenda Items

• The following are PAC agenda items that should be
  covered by the LEA.
• Input on planning, designing implementing local
  MEP project,
• Explanation of the MEP requirements operation
  of the MEP at the national, state local levels,
• Opportunities for input and discussion by migrant
  parents.

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PAC Documentation

• LEAs must maintain the following documentation
• Documentation of meeting times places
• Parent sign-in sheets
• PAC agendas
• PAC meetings

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MEP Funds PAC

• MEP funds may be used to pay reasonable and
  necessary expenses that PAC members incur to
  attend PAC meetings.
• MEP funds may be used to reimburse PAC members
  who are not migrant parents (personnel).

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MEP Funds Parental Involvement

• Parent conferences, resource centers, training
  programs, and reporting on childrens progress.
• Hiring, training and use of parental involvement
  liaisons.
• Home-based educational curricula, such as
  Building Bridges.

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MEP Funds Workshops for Parents

• May support migrant parents attendance at state
  and national workshops and conferences that
  enable them to participate more fully in the
  local MEP and/or in their childrens education.

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MEP Funds- Refreshments for Parent Meetings

• MEP funds may be spent for reasonable
  expenditures for refreshments or food for migrant
  parents during parent meetings and/or trainings,
  especially when such meetings extend during
  mealtime.

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The art of parenting is to teach the art of
living to children.