Teachers - If your child's school receives Title I funding, you have the right to know the qualifications of your child's teacher(s) and any paraprofessional providing support to your child. You may request information including the following:

• Whether the teacher has met the State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction.

• Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which state qualification or licensing criteria has been waived.

• The undergraduate or bachelor's degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, and the field of study of the certification or degree.

• Whether your child is provided services by paraprofessionals, sometimes referred to as Teaching Assistants and if so, their qualifications.

• You shall be provided information on the levels of your child's education and timely notice that your child has been taught for 4 or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified.

Transfers due to school’s failure to make Adequate Yearly Progress for two (2) consecutive years - Pursuant to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, you have the right to request that your child be transferred to another school if his/her school has not made Adequate Yearly Progress (as defined by the State of Tennessee) for two (2) or more consecutive years. If you would like to request a school transfer on that basis, you must complete the “Request for School Transfer - Public School Choice” form and return the form to Shelby County Schools Student Services. The district will respond to your request within thirty (30) days of receiving the request. The “Request for School Transfer - Public School Choice” form may be obtained on the Shelby County Schools website.

COMPLAINT PROCEDURE FOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS
UNDER THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF 2001

Complaint Procedures
Individuals filing complaints concerning federal programs under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 must include the following written information:

• The name of the school, or school system employee alleged to have violated a specific federal requirement in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001;

• The specific requirement alleged to have been violated;

• The facts on which the complaint is based; and

• What you expect the resolution of the alleged violation to be.

Complaints, which must be signed by the person(s) filing the complaint, are to be sent to:

Shelby County Schools Federal Rights Coordinator
(Click here for name and address of the Federal Rights Coordinator)

Written complaints will be promptly investigated. If additional information is needed, the Federal Rights Coordinator will contact the complainant. For this reason, a telephone number and address of the complainant must be included with the complaint. Failure to provide a telephone number and address will result in SCS not being able to adequately respond to the complaint.

Notification
Within thirty (30) days after the Federal Rights Coordinator receives the complaint, it will be investigated and written findings and a resolution (if any) will be mailed to the complainant.

Appeals

1. If the complainant disagrees with the findings of fact and the resolution (if any), within ten (10) days of receiving the findings from the Federal Rights Coordinator, the complainant may file a written appeal of the findings and/or resolution to the Superintendent of Shelby County Schools.

2. The Superintendent shall review the written appeal, the findings of fact and the proposed resolution (if any) and within forty-five (45) calendar days shall advise the complainant of his decision.

3. If the complainant is dissatisfied with the findings of fact and/or resolution (if any), he/she may file a complaint with the Tennessee Department of Education, Federal Programs Office.

No Child Left Behind Act of 2001