Augusta - State lawmakers are considering a bill that would ask parents to play an even larger role in education.
Portland Senator Justin Alfond is sponsoring a measure to would require every school board in Maine to develop a “Parental Involvement Plan.”
These plans would provide parents with learning and behavior expectations, update parents on student progress, and offer ways parents can help their children succeed. The bill also requires those plans to be posted on the Department of Education website. Schools that don’t comply with the law would also be posted on that website. “Of course parental involvement will not solve all the problems in our schools,” Alfond told members of The Education and Cultural Affairs Committee. “It will change the culture of our schools to include parents by giving them a stronger role. In the end I believe the plan will create a larger net to engage more parents in their children’s education.”
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