Parents Right-to-Know Sec. 1111 (h) (6) of Iowa Code
Urbandale Community School District parents/guardians who have students who attend a Title I school(s) have the right to know about the qualifications of their child’s teacher. This means parents/guardians may request and receive information regarding the professional qualifications of their student’s classroom teachers including:

• state licensure requirements for the grade level and content areas taught,
• the current licensing status of your child’s teacher,
• baccalaureate/graduate certification/degree,
• teachers under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived,
• qualifications of an instructional paraprofessional who serves your student

Parents/Guardians may request this information from the Human Resources Department by contacting Loren DeKruyf at dekruyfl@urbandaleschools.com or (515) 457-5000. You may also request this information by sending a letter of request to the Human Resources Department, Urbandale Community School District, 11152 Aurora Avenue, Urbandale, Iowa 50322. 

Urbandale Community School District will notify parents/guardians if their student has been assigned or has been taught by a teacher for four or more consecutive weeks who is not considered highly qualified.

Parents must be informed if their child is placed in a Limited English Proficient program. LEAs must provide parents with information on a student’s performance level on each state assessment. (Required in Chapter 12 of Iowa Administrative Code).

Parent Notification Sec. 1118 (c) (4) of Iowa Code
Schools must provide parents of participating children:

• timely information about the Title I program
• a description and explanation of the curriculum, the forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet; and
• if requested by parents, opportunities for regular meetings to formulate suggestions and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions relating to the education of their children, and respond to any such suggestions as soon as practicable possible; and
• if the school-wide program plan under section 1114 (b) (2) is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children, submit any parent comments on the plan when the school makes the plan available to the local educational agency