Your Principal is taking a bit of a leap about what the federal "No Child Left Behind" act requires.
I'm not a lawyer, nor am I an avowed expert on NCLB, but I can tell you that nowhere in it does it mention PTOs at all.
There are some parental involvement provisions in there, especially for Title I schools -- but those responsibilities fall on the school or the district, not your PTO.
It may be possible that -- through cooperation -- your PTO may be able to help the school in its parental involvement responsibilities (I think that would be great!). But the law says nothing about the PTO *having* to do anything.
I have been told by the principal of our school,
that since the school is given funding for things i.e. - Title 1, low income lunches that the PTO
HAS to hold "Parent Informational" meetings. According to what I was told we have to do these meeting's to continue to get the government funding. I was under the impression that the PTO wasn't involed in having to do certain meeting to make the government happy. True or not.
Anyone know the answer to this?
