COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 222
November 4, 2005
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Jo Lynne DeMary Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Update of
Board of Education Approved Supplemental Educational Services Providers: A
Requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Title I, Section
1116 |
The No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires Title I schools in year two, year
three, year four, and year five of School Improvement to offer supplemental
educational services to parents of eligible children. Supplemental educational services (SES) are
academic enrichment services provided outside the regular school day. The services must be of high quality,
research-based, and designed to increase the academic achievement of eligible
children in mastering the Standards of Learning and proficiency on Standards of
Learning assessments.
SES providers can be school divisions, schools, or
nonprofit or for-profit entities. The
NCLB legislation requires states to maintain an updated approved list of
supplemental educational services providers.
On September 26, 2002, the Board of Education
adopted the initial list of recommended supplemental educational services
providers. The legislation also requires states to update the list as
needed. The Board of Education has
established a procedure for updating the list of providers on a quarterly
basis. According to the established
procedure, at the October 26, 2005, meeting of the board, four providers were
added. Two providers, HOSTS Learning and
SMARTHINKING, were removed at their request. The complete list may be found at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/nclb/boe/supsrvcs-list.pdf
on the Department of Education's Web site.
Prospective providers may continue to apply to the
Virginia Department of Education by submitting a completed SES
application. The application may be
found at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/nclb/ssp_app.doc
on the Department of Education’s Web site.
Superintendents may also inform the department of SES providers that
have been used successfully in school divisions in prior years or that are
currently being used.
For additional information, please contact Rita Ghazal, Title I specialist, at (804) 225-2904, or by e-mail
at Rita.Ghazal@doe.virginia.gov.
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