• Under Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), parents/guardians have the right to request the following information about their child’s teacher(s):

    ESSA requires disclosure of certain teacher information to parents. Relevant provision of ESSA is below:

    “(e) PARENTS RIGHT-TO-KNOW.— ‘‘(1) INFORMATION FOR PARENTS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—At the beginning of each school year, a local educational agency that receives funds under this part shall notify the parents of each student attending any school receiving funds under this part that the parents may request, and the agency will provide the parents on request (and in a timely manner), information regarding the professional qualifications of the student’s classroom teachers, including at a minimum, the following: ‘‘(i) Whether the student’s teacher— ‘‘(I) has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction; ‘‘(II) is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived; and ‘‘(III) is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher. ‘‘(ii) Whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications. ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—In addition to the information that parents may request under subparagraph (A), a school that receives funds under this part shall provide to each individual parent of a child who is a student in such school, with respect to such student— ‘‘(i) information on the level of achievement and academic growth of the student, if applicable and available, on each of the State academic assessments required under this part; and ‘‘(ii) timely notice that the student has been assigned, or has been taught for 4 or more consecutive weeks by, a teacher who does not meet applicable State certification or licensure requirements at the grade level and subject area in which the teacher has been assigned.