ESSA Parents' Right to Know

As per ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) of 2015, parents may request information regarding the professional qualifications of their child’s teachers. Including: 

  • Whether the teacher has met State qualification and certification requirements for the grade levels and subject he/she is teaching.

  •  Whether the teacher received an emergency or conditional certificate through which state qualifications were waived;

  • What undergraduate or graduate degrees the teacher holds, including graduate certificates and additional degrees, and major(s) or area(s) of concentration;

  • Whether their child receives help from a paraprofessional and, if so, their qualifications.

  • Parents may obtain information about their child’s teacher by contacting the school or through the  State Department of Education at:  http:ed.sc.gov

Under the Agency tab click on “Division/Offices”, select “Accountability” the “Federal and State Accountability”.  On the right side click on “Title II”, then “Parents’ Right to Know” and “Educator Qualification Search”.

Union County School District
Division of Instruction and Accountability
Office of Federal and State Programs

Cynthia F. Langley
Director of Instruction and Accountability
864-429-1740