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Madison Metropolitan School District

Rights of Parent/ Guardians under ESSA

The federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015 requires that schools receiving Title I funding inform parents or legal guardians of their rights to receive specific information related to the following:

Professional Qualifications

ESSA law requires that schools receiving Title I funds notify parents or legal guardians of their rights to request information about the qualifications of their children’s teachers.

Parents / legal guardians may request information on:

  • Whether the teacher has met state qualifications and has a license for the grade level(s) and the subject(s) they teach;
  • Whether the teacher has an emergency or provisional license;
  • What degrees the teacher holds and the field of discipline of their certification or degree;
  • Whether the child is being provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.

 

Student Assessment Information

Please visit our Assessments pages for additional information:


District and School Performance

Learn more about how MMSD schools are doing at the Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) WISEDash public data system.