Section 51141 Of Article 4. Tom Hayden Community-based Parent Involvement Grant Program From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 28. >> Chapter 1.5. >> Article 4.
51141
. The State Department of Education shall select, through a
competitive process, the school districts that shall be awarded
training grants under this article. At least 70 percent of the
available funding shall be granted to school districts that contract
with nonprofit community-based organizations that demonstrate each of
the following:
(a) Ability to recruit and retain parent populations with
traditionally low participation rates, including, but not limited to,
immigrant and low-income parents.
(b) Ability to conduct parent training in various languages to
meet the specific cultural and linguistic needs of the school
communities to be served.
(c) Experience in collaborating with school districts, individual
schools, local agencies, and community educational resources in
implementing parent involvement programs.
(d) Ability to retain a high percentage of parent participants in
their training course.