Policy Code: 1310/4002 Parental Involvement

The Haywood County Board of Education values parental involvement and respects the rights of parents in the education and up-bringing of their children. North Carolina General Statute §115C-76.25 provides a list of parental rights. Pre-existing Board Policy addresses many of these rights. Future changes in Board Policy to address these rights will be added to this notice. Citations to existing Board policies on the same subject matter are included below.

“§ 115C-76.25. Parent legal rights for their child’s education.
(a) Parents have legal rights with regards to their child’s education, including the following:

1. The right to consent or withhold consent for participation in reproductive health and safety education programs, consistent with the requirements of G.S. 115C-81.30.
   Policy Code: 3540 Comprehensive Health Education Program
2. The right to seek a medical or religious exemption from immunization requirements, consistent with the requirements of G.S. 130A-156 and G.S. 130A-157.
   Policy Code: 4110 Immunization and Health Requirements for School Admission
3. The right to review statewide standardized assessment results as part of the State report card.
   https://ncreports.ondemand.sas.com/src/
4. The right to request an evaluation of their child for an academically or intellectually gifted program, or for identification as a child with a disability.
   Policy Code: 3520 Special Education Programs/Rights of Students with Disabilities
   Haywood County Schools AIG Handbook, Policies Governing Services for Children with Disabilities
5. The right to inspect and purchase public school unit textbooks and other supplementary instructional materials.
   Policy Code: 3200 Selection of Instructional Materials, Policy Code: 3210 Parental Inspection of and objection to Instructional Materials
6. The right to access information relating to the unit’s policies for promotion or retention, including high school graduation requirements.
   Policy Code: 3420 Student Promotion and Accountability
7. The right to receive student report cards on a regular basis that clearly depict and grade the student’s academic performance in each class or course, the student’s conduct, and the student’s attendance.
   Policy Code: 3400 Evaluation of Student Progress, Regulation Code: 3400-R Evaluation of Student Progress
8. The right to access information relating to the State public education system, State standards, report card requirements, attendance requirements, and textbook requirements.
   North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Policy Code: 3400 Evaluation of Student Progress, Policy Code: 4400 Attendance
9. The right to participate in parent-teacher organizations.
   Policy Code: 5010 Parent Organizations
10. The right to opt in to certain data collection for their child.
    Annual Public Notices (FERPA), Policy Code: 4720 Surveys of Students
11. The right for students to participate in protected student information surveys only with parental consent.
    Policy Code: 4720 Surveys of Students
12. The right to review all available records of materials their child has borrowed from a school library.
    Policy Code: 3210 Parental Inspection of and objection to Instructional Materials

(b) Public school units shall allow parents to exercise these rights and make the rights contained in this section available to parents electronically or by displaying the information on the website of the public-school unit.