School Choice

Statute requires that an LEA must make choice available for students not later than 14 days prior to the uniform school start date of the school year following the school year in which the LEA administered the assessments that resulted in the campus being identified as in need of school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring [Section 1116(b)(1)(E)].

Statute requires that the LEA must promptly provide notice—in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, in a language the parents can understand—to a parent or parents of each student enrolled in a campus identified for improvement—

1. an explanation of what the status means;
2. the reasons for the status;
3. an explanation of the parents’ option to transfer their child to another public school;
4. how the campus compares in terms of academic achievement to other elementary campuses or   secondary campuses served by the LEA and the state;
5. an explanation of what the campus is doing to address the problem of low achievement;
6. an explanation of what the LEA is doing to help the campus address the achievement problem;
7. an explanation of how the parents can become involved in addressing the academic issues that caused the campus to be identified for improvement; and providing this parent notification is required and will be monitored by TEA.

FORT WORTH ISD SCHOOL CHOICE ELIGIBILITY and PARTICIPATION