This policy brief identifies three key principles Local Education Agencies (LEAs) can take to increase parental engagement through better data-use practices. While California identifies parental engagement as one of 10 priority areas under the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and provides access to school data through the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) process and the California School Dashboard, these structures do not provide adequate or equitable support for parents in all communities to access, interpret, and engage with data effectively. The shift to distance learning in response to COVID-19 has further highlighted barriers to data accessibility for both parents and students. These principles underscore available scaffolds for improving data accessibility so that parents can support student learning and consistently engage in local education decision-making.