• Economically Disadvantaged (free/reduced lunch eligibility)
• Disability Status  
• Division-Level Actual and Projection of March 31 ADM, K-12 for School Years 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, and 2005-2006
• Division-Level Home Instruction / Religious Exemptions
• English Class, Grades 6-12 Membership
• Dropout
• More Dropout Guidelines
  
• Summary of School Dropout Status  
• Dropout for a Career and Technical Education Program
• Dropout Rate   
• Graduate Rate  
• Homeless Children and Youth  
• Immigrant Children and Youth  
• Limited English Proficient  
• Migratory Child  
• Neglected/Delinquent Children and Youth
  
• Percent of Attendance  
• Refugee Children & Youth
  
• Title I Schoolwide Programs  
• Title I Targeted Assistance Schools
• Truancy Conference Data  

A student as economically disadvantaged if the student:

1. is eligible for Free/Reduced Lunch,
2. receives TANF, or
3. is eligible for Medicaid.

Disability types are used for students who are eligible for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and who have Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). “Individualized education program” means a written statement for a child with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in a team meeting in accordance with the Regulations Governing Special Education Programs for Children with Disabilities in Virginia.  The IEP specifies the individual educational needs of the child and what special education and related services are necessary to meet the needs.

  A dropout is an individual who: 

1. Was enrolled in school at some time during the previous school year and was not enrolled on October 1 of the current school year, or

2. Was not enrolled on October 1 of the previous school year although expected to be in membership ; and 

3. Has not graduated from high school or completed a state- or district-approved educational program; and

4.  Does not meet any of the following exclusionary conditions:

(i) Transfer to another public school district, private school, or state- or district-approved education program;

(ii)  Temporary school-recognized absence due to suspension or illness;

(iii)  Death .

More Dropout Guidelines:

1.    Summer Dropouts are students who were not dropouts at the close of the previous school year but who fail to enroll by October 1.  Summer dropouts are reported as dropouts for the grade and year for which they fail to report.  For example, a student who completes the 10th grade in 2001-2002 but who is not re-enrolled on October 1, 2002 is reported as a 2002-2003 dropout for 11th grade.

2.    Students who enroll in adult education programs are counted as dropouts unless the elementary/secondary school system remains responsible for the student.  The intent of this guideline is to ensure that students who do not complete a program but for whom the district no longer takes responsibility are counted as dropouts.

i.    Transferring to an alternative education setting, if it is part of the elementary/secondary education system, is not considered dropping out.  For example, students enrolled in elementary/secondary education in prisons, hospitals, storefront locations or other nontraditional locations are not dropouts if the program is part of the elementary/secondary system.  This means that a student who enrolls in a school-operated program for high-risk students is not a dropout, even if the program is preparing the student to take the GED examination.

ii.    A student who leaves the public elementary/secondary school and enrolls in adult education is a dropout.  The exception is when the public school system monitors the student’s enrollment and reports the student as a dropout if the student drops out of the adult program.  An example is a cooperative arrangement between a public school district and a local technical institute that provides GED preparation for students referred directly by the district.  The district counts as dropouts the referred students who do not complete the GED study program.

iii.    Students who drop out during the previous school year but who have obtained a completion credential, such as a GED-based diploma or certificate of completion, on October 1 of the current school year are NOT reported as dropouts.

3.    An early college admissions student, one who transfers to a postsecondary program leading to a baccalaureate or associate’s degree, is NOT a dropout.

4.    Students who fail to meet some graduation requirements, and who leave school without a diploma or other credential, are dropouts even if they have completed the 12th grade.

5.    Students who leave the United States are not considered to be dropouts even if the school district cannot document the student’s subsequent enrollment in school.

6.    Students who drop out during the previous school year but are re-enrolled by October 1 of the current school year are not reported as dropouts.

7.    Students who drop out multiple times in a school year are reported only once for a single school year.  However, students who drop out in more than one year are reported as dropouts for each year in which they are not in membership on October 1.

8.    Report underage student dropouts leaving school when they are still too young to do so legally.  Report data on the CCD if they drop out of grades 7 through 12.  These students should be reported even if the state or district considers them truants rather than dropouts.

Summary of School Dropout Status

 The dropout rate is calculated as— 

(i) the number of dropouts for a given school year; divided by

(ii) the September 30th membership of that school  year.

The term ‘graduate rate’ means—

"The percentage of students, measured from the beginning of high school, who graduate from high school with a regular diploma (not including an alternative degree that is not fully aligned with the State's academic standard, such as a certificate or GED) in the standard number of years." 

• Sharing the housing of others due to loss of housing, economic hardship or similar reason;

• Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camping grounds due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations;

• Living in emergency or transitional shelters;

• Abandoned in hospitals;

• Awaiting foster care placement;

• Having a primary residence that is a public place or a place not designed for or ordinarily used as regular accommodation;

• Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations or similar settings.

(Homeless children may include migratory children.)

  The term ‘immigrant children and youth’ means individuals who— 

(A)    are aged 3 through 21;

(B)    were not born in any State; and

(C)    have not been attending one or more schools in any one or more States for more than 3 full academic years.

  The term ‘limited English proficient’ when used with respect to an individual, means an individual— 

(A)    who is aged 3 through 21;

(B)    who is enrolled or preparing to enroll in an elementary school or secondary school;

(C)    (i)  who was not born in the United States or whose native language is a language other than English;

 (ii)  (I)  who is a Native American or Alaska Native, or a native resident of  the outlying areas and (II)  who comes from an environment where a language other than English has had a significant impact on the  individual’s level of English  language proficiency; or

(iii)  who is migratory , whose native language is a language other than English, and who comes from an environment where a language other than English is dominant; and

(D)    whose difficulties in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language may be sufficient to deny the individual—

(i)  the ability to meet the State’s proficient level of achievement on State assessments described in section 1111(b)(3);

(ii) the ability to successfully achieve in classrooms where the language of  instruction is English; or

(iii) the opportunity to participate fully in society.

The term ‘migratory child’ means a child who is, or whose parent or spouse is, a migratory agricultural worker, including a migratory dairy worker, or a migratory fisher, and who, in the preceding 36 months, in order to obtain, or accompany such parent or spouse, in order to obtain, temporary or seasonal employment in agricultural or fishing work— 

(A)    has moved from one school district to another;

(B)    in a State that is comprised of a single school district, has moved from one administrative area to another within such district; or

(C)    resides in a school district of more than 15,000 square miles, and migrates a distance of 20 miles or more to a temporary residence to engage in a fishing activity.

In order to be eligible to be counted as neglected/delinquent, a child age 5 through 17 must live in an "Institution for neglected children and youth," which means a public or private residential facility, other than a foster home, that is operated primarily for the care of children and youth who (a) have been committed to the institution or voluntarily placed in the institution under applicable State law due to abandonment, neglect, or death of their parents or guardians; and (b) have had an average length of stay in the institution of at least 30 days;

or

must live in an "Institution for delinquent children and youth," which means a public or private residential facility that is operated for the care of children and youth who (a) have been adjudicated to be delinquent or in need of supervision and (b) have had an average length of stay in the institution of at least 30 days.

The percent of attendance equals the “average daily attendance” divided by the “average daily membership.”

The term ‘average daily attendance’ means— 

(i)    the aggregate number of days of attendance of all students during a school year; divided by

(ii)    the number of days school is in session during the year.

The term ‘average daily membership’ means— 

(i)    the aggregate number of days of membership of all students during a school year; divided by

(ii)    the number of days school is in session during the year.

An individual who is outside his/her country and is unable or unwilling to return to that country because of a well-founded fear that she/he will be persecuted because of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.   This does not include persons displaced by natural disasters or persons who, although displaced, have not crossed an international border or persons commonly known as "economic migrants," whose primary reason for flight has been a desire for personal betterment rather than persecution.

“(1)    IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency may consolidate and use funds under this part, together with other Federal, State, and local funds, in order to upgrade the entire educational program of a school that serves an eligible school attendance area in which not less than 40 percent of the children are from low-income families, or not less than 40 percent of the children enrolled in the school are from such families. 

“(2)    IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENTS NOT REQUIRED.— 

 “(A)    IN GENERAL.—No school participating in a schoolwide program shall be required— 

“(i)    to identify particular children under this part as eligible to participate in a schoolwide program; or 

 “(ii)  to provide services to such children that are supplementary, as otherwise required by section 1120A(b).

 
“(a)    IN GENERAL.—In all schools selected to receive funds under section  1113(c) that are ineligible for a schoolwide program under section 1114, or that choose not to operate such a schoolwide program, a local educational agency serving such school may use funds received under this part only for programs that provide services to eligible children under subsection (b) identified as having the greatest need for special assistance. 

“(b)    ELIGIBLE CHILDREN.— 

 “(1)  ELIGIBLE POPULATION 

 “(A)    IN GENERAL.—The eligible population for services under this section is— 

“(i) children not older than age 21 who are entitled to a free public education through grade 12; and

 “(ii) children who are not yet at a grade level at  which  the local educational agency provides a free  public education. 

“(B)    ELIGIBLE CHILDREN FROM ELIGIBLE POPULATION.  From the population described in subparagraph (a), eligible children are children  identified by the school as failing, or most at risk of  failing, to meet the State’s challenging student academic achievement standards on the basis of multiple, educationally related, objective criteria established by the local educational agency and supplemented by the school, except that children from  preschool through grade 2 shall be selected solely on the basis of such criteria as teacher judgment,   interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures.

“(2)   CHILDREN INCLUDED.— 

“(A) IN GENERAL.—Children who are economically disadvantaged, children with disabilities, migrant children or limited English proficient children, are eligible for services under this part on the same basis as other children selected to receive services under this part.

"(B) HEAD START, EVEN START, OR EARLY READING FIRST CHILDREN.—A child who, at any time in the 2 years preceding the year for which the determination is made, participated in a Head Start, Even Start, or Early Reading First program, in preschool services under this title, is eligible for services under this part.

“(C)  PART C CHILDREN.—A child who, at any time in the 2 years preceding the year for which the determination is made, received services under part C is eligible for services under this part.

“(D) NEGLECTED OR DELINQUENT CHILDREN.—A child in a local institution for neglected or delinquent children and youth or attending a community day program for such children is eligible for services under this part.

“(E) HOMELESS CHILDREN.—A child who is homeless and attending any school served by the local educational agency is eligible for services under this part. 

“(3) SPECIAL RULE.—Funds received under this part may not be used to provide services that are otherwise required by law to be made available to children described in paragraph (2) but may be used to coordinate or supplement such services. 

The 1999 General Assembly amended Section 22.1-258 of the Code of Virginia related to truancy and compulsory school attendance that requires a conference to be scheduled within ten school days, after the pupil accumulates six absences in the school year, to resolve issues related to the pupils nonattendance.  The pupil's parent and school personnel shall participate in the conference.  The conference shall be held no later than fifteen school days after the sixth absence.  ( INFORMATIONAL SUPTS. MEMO NO. 185 , dated October 8, 1999)

The amendment directs principals to report annually to the division superintendent the number of pupils by grade level for whom a conference between the pupil, the pupil's parent and a school personnel has been scheduled.