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Superintendent's Memos - 2008

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"" JULY

July 3, 2008

INF #153
Revised Virginia Plan for Dual Enrollment Between Virginia Public Schools and Community Colleges

"" JUNE

June 27, 2008

REG #3
Request for Report of Insurance Coverage on School Buses Pursuant to Sections 22.1-188 through 22.1-198, Section 46.2-472, and Section 38.2-2206, Code of Virginia   Due: August 1, 2008

INF #152
Transmittal of “Statement of Administrative Impact and Projected Costs of Implementation” for the Promulgation of the Proposed Amendment to Regulation Governing Reduction of State Aid When the Length of the School Term is Below 180 Teaching Days or 990 Teaching Hours

INF #151
Requirements for the Licensing of Instructional Personnel and Employing Substitute Teachers

INF #150
The Board of Education Approved the Virginia Standards for the Professional Practice of Teachers

INF #149
Reporting Founded Cases of Physical or Sexual Abuse by Licensed Teachers – Legislation to go into effect July 1, 2008

INF #148
Reporting Convictions of Licensed Teachers for Certain Offenses and Founded Cases of Child Abuse and Neglect – Legislation to go into effect July 1, 2008

June 20, 2008

INF #147
2008-2009 Student Record Collection

INF #146
Update of Approved Supplemental Educational Services Providers: A Requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), Title I, Section 1116

INF #145
Amendments to the Code of Virginia Regarding the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and an Active Investigation Conducted by or for the Board of Education Related to the Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of Licenses

INF #144
Amendments to the Code of Virginia Permitting the Board of Education to Extend a Provisional License for a Teacher who is Activated or Deployed for Military Service

INF #143
World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards Companion Resource Document

INF #142
2008 Orientation Academy for New Special Education Administrators

ADM #20
Report of Children and Youth With Disabilities Exiting Special Education, 2007-2008 School Year

June 13, 2008

INF #141
Virginia’s Public Schools and Accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

ADM #19
2007-2008 Driver Education Status Questionnaire and 2008-2009 Fee for the Laboratory Phase of Driver Education

ADM #18
Procedures for Completing the Educational Registry Application Data Collection DUE: August 15, 2008

June 6, 2008

INF #140
Russian International Space Olympics for Students

INF #139
MODSIM World 2008 Conference and Expo

INF #138
Middle School Reading and Writing Modules in Support of Project Graduation

INF #137
Educational Technology Guidelines: Designing and Maintaining Instructional Technology Systems

"" MAY

May 30, 2008

INF #136
Virginia School Plant Managers Association and Conference

INF #135
Virginia Middle School Teacher Corps Teacher Recruitment and Application

INF #134
Passing Scores Adopted by the Board of Education for the Virginia Grade Level Alternative in Science

ADM #17
School Report Card Data and Data Collection for Teacher/Student Industry Certification Credentials Division Report, School Year 2007-2008

May 23, 2008

INF #133
Daily Pre-trip Safety Inspection Requirement of School Bus Drivers

INF #132
Public Comment on the Proposed Revised 2008 History and Social Science Standards of Learning Curriculum Framework

INF #131
2008 Virginia School and Campus Safety Training Forum

ADM #16
2007-2008 End-of-Year Student Record Collection and Miscellaneous Statistics DUE: July 16, 2008

ADM #15
Course Enrollment Data Collection DUE: September 15, 2008

May 16 , 2008

INF #130
Final Fiscal Year 2008 State Entitlements Based on Actual March 31, 2008, ADM, and Adjustments to the Fiscal Year 2008 Basic Aid Entitlement

INF #129
Career Coach Initiative and Use of Carl D. Perkins Federal Funds

INF #128
State Direct Aid to Public Education Funds Permitted to be Carried Forward from Fiscal Year 2008 to Fiscal Year 2009

INF #127
Nominations for the English Language Proficiency Levels Alignment Study Committees

INF #126
Survey for Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE)

INF #125
Summer Professional Development Academy on Limited English Proficient (LEP) Parental Participation

INF #124
Discipline, Crime, and Violence Report for school year 2007-2008

May 9 , 2008

REG #2
Annual Agreement to Participate in the School Nutrition Programs for 2008-2009

INF #123
Provision of Instructional Materials for Students with Print Disabilities

INF #122
Revision to 2006-2007 Title I, Part A, and Title I, Part D, Subpart 2, Entitlements under Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public Law 107-110

INF #121
Call for Nominations for Board of Education Advisory Committees: 2008-2011 Term

INF #120
The 2008 Virginia Science Standards Institutes (VSSI)

INF #119
2008 Teacher-to-Teacher Summer Workshops

INF #118
Protocol for the State-Directed Investigations of Testing Irregularities

INF #117
Nominations for the Standards of Learning (SOL) and Virginia Grade Level Alternative (VGLA) Science Assessments Alignment Study Committees

INF #116
Second and Final Payment of Fiscal Year 2008 School Breakfast Program State Incentive Funding for 2006-2007 Participation

INF #115
Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (VASCD) Southwest Regional 2008 Conference

INF #114
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV) Federal Funds for July 1, 2008 Through June 30, 2009

May 2 , 2008

INF #113
Mathematics K-5 Professional Development: July 23 or July 24, 2008

INF #112
Web-based Technical Assistance for the Reporting of Limited English Proficient (LEP) Student Data as Required Under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)

INF #111
Final Legislative Report for the 2008 General Assembly

INF #110
Three Regional Training Sessions for the Algebra Readiness Diagnostic Test (ARDT)

"" APRIL

April 28, 2008

INF #109
Virginia High Schools’ Civic Responsibility Campaign (CRC)

April 25, 2008

INF #108
Private School Participation in Title Programs Under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

INF #107
Principal and Central Office Personnel: Preview Meeting on Effective Schoolwide Discipline in Virginia

INF #106
General Adult Education (GAE) Application for 2008-2009

INF #105
School Nutrition Employee Appreciation Week - May 5-9, 2008

INF #104
Transmittal of “Statement of Administrative Impact and Projected Costs of Implementation” for the Promulgation of the Proposed Regulations Governing Special Education Programs for Children with Disabilities in Virginia

ADM #14
USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

ADM #13
Charter School Report for 2007-2008

April 18, 2008

INF #103
Project Graduation Summer Academies

INF #102
Request for Waiver of the Verified Units of Credit Requirements

INF #101
2008 Watershed Science Standards Institute

INF #100
Nominations for the Governor’s Career and Technical Education Exemplary Standards Awards

INF #99
Technical Assistance Academy for New Coordinators of Title I, Part A; Title II, Part A; Title II, Part D; Title III, Part A; and Title IV, Part A

INF #98
2008 Reading First Comprehension Institute

INF #97
School Health and Education Partnership Conference, July 14- 16, 2008

INF #96
Annual Review of Crisis Plans

INF #95
Provisions for Reallocating Unused Student Slots in Regional Alternative Education Programs for 2008-2009

INF #94
Adult Education English Literacy/Civics Education Program Competitive Subgrant Application

INF #93
Bringing High School Successful Practices to Scale in Virginia Study

INF #92
Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) Web-based Data Collection and Application Requirements for Fiscal Year 2009 (July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009)

ADM #12
Exceptions to One Percent Cap on the Virginia Alternate Assessment Program (VAAP)

April 11, 2008

INF #91
2008 Educational Technology Leadership Conference

INF #90
Fiscal Year 2008 Career and Technical Education Entitlements (State Funds)

INF #89
Early Intervention Reading Initiative Application Process for the 2008-2009 School Year

INF #88
Updated Application for a Loan from the Literary Fund for the 2008-2010 Biennium

INF #87
Virginia Health and Physical Activity Institute, July 21-24, 2008, James Madison University

INF #86
Phase Out of Cumulative Grade 8 Reading and Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) Tests

INF #85
2008-2009 Virginia Incentive Program for Speech-Language Pathologists (VIP-SLP)

INF #84
Funding for National Board Certification

INF #83
Board Approval Process for Locally Developed or Selected English Language Proficiency Assessments

ADM #11
Virginia Public School Authority (VPSA) Educational Technology Notes Series V, Series VI, Series VII, Series VIII and Series IX

April 4, 2008

INF #82
Virginia Middle and High School Principals Conference and Exposition June 29-July 2, 2008, The Homestead

INF #81
Request for Proposals (RFP) for 21st Century Community Learning Centers Competitive Grant Program

INF #80
2008 Legislation Impacting Home Instruction

INF #79
Early College Scholars Certificates

INF #78
Career and Technical Education Federal Perkins Act Carry-Over Allocations for Rural School Divisions for the Period July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008

INF #77
Summer Professional Development Academy for K-12 Teachers of English Language Learners (ELLs)

INF #76
Strategies for Middle School Mathematics Teachers: A DVD

INF #75
Individual Student Alternative Education Plan (ISAEP) Program Application

"" MARCH

March 28, 2008

INF #74
Use of Graduation Rate for AYP Safe Harbor Calculations

INF #73
Nominations for the 2009 Mary V. Bicouvaris Virginia Teacher of the Year Program

INF #72
2008 Middle and High School Content Teaching Academies

INF #71
Passing Scores Adopted by the Board of Education for the New Cumulative Grade 8 Science Standards of Learning (SOL) Test

INF #70
Release of Liens Held on Behalf of the Literary Fund Prior to July 1, 2007

INF #69
School Division Access to College Enrollment Data Through the National Student Clearinghouse

INF #68
Spring Professional Development Training for the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards

INF #67
Seminar for Teachers of Algebra, Functions, and Data Analysis

ADM #10
Collection of Data Relative to Compliance with the Standards of Quality and Other Certifications for 2007-2008

ADM #9
Reimbursement of Tuition for Eligible Students with Disabilities Attending Certain Regional Special Education Programs During the Period July 1, 2007 Through January 31, 2008

ADM #8
2007-2008 School Health Advisory Board Annual Report and Local Wellness Policy Status Report

ADM #7
Submission of 2008-2009 Federal Program Applications under Public Law 107-110, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)

ADM #6
Pre-accreditation Eligibility (PACE) and Reporting of Other Information Required by the Board of Education

March 21, 2008

REG #1
Amendments to the FY 2008 Caboose Budget and the 2008-2010 Biennial Budget Passed by the 2008 General Assembly

INF #66
Additional Graphing Calculator Approved for Use on the Standards of Learning Assessments in 2007-2008

INF #65
From Vision to Practice Fourth Annual Academy: Growing SySTEMic Literacy Across the Content Areas, July 8-10, 2008

INF #64
Update of Approved Instructional Intervention Provider to Satisfy Provisions in the Standards of Accreditation (SOA)

INF #63
Table 15 from the Superintendent's Annual Report for Virginia - Fiscal Year 2007

INF #62
Virginia Preschool Initiative Audio Conference

INF #61
Review of the Mathematics Standards of Learning

March 14, 2008

INF #60
Certification of Compliance with the Regulations Governing Reduction of State Aid When Length of School Term Below 180 Days or 990 Teaching Hours

INF #59 Was Withdrawn

INF #58
Career and Technical Education New Teacher Institute

INF #57
Revision to 2007-2008 Title I, Part A, and Title I, Part D, Subpart 2, Entitlements under Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public Law 107-110

INF #56
Online Technical Assistance for Completing the 2008-2009 Applications for Federal Funds Under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)

ADM #5
Diploma Seals

March 7, 2008

INF #55
Recommendations for 2008 Commonwealth Talent Pool

INF #54
2008 TeachVirginia Educator Recruitment Project

INF #53
2008 Virginia Pupil Transportation Conference June 16-19, 2008

INF #52
Local School Division Policies for Changing Students' Course Schedules

INF #51
Nominations for the Aspiring Special Education Leaders Academy

INF #50
Technical Assistance Audio Workshop for School Divisions with Schools on the Title I "Watch" List

"" FEBRUARY

February 29, 2008

INF #49
History and Social Science Standards of Learning Implementation Schedule

INF #48
National Professional Social Work Month

INF #47
2008 Virginia STARTALK Chinese Academy (VSCA)

INF #46
Two Chesapeake Bay Summer Academies

INF #45
The Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC) Visual Arts Contest

INF #44
Preserve America History Teacher of the Year Award

INF #43
Governor’s Career and Technical Academies

February 28, 2008

INF #42
Changes to the Introduced Fiscal Year 2008 and the 2008-2010 Biennial Budgets Proposed by the House of Delegates and by the Senate

February 22, 2008

INF #41
Application for Response to Intervention (RtI) Pilot Sites

INF #40
Implications of Digital Conversion for Virginia’s Schools

INF #39
Spring 2008 Response to Intervention Statewide Institute (RtI)

February 15, 2008

INF #38
2008 Virginia Women in History Program Celebrates Women’s History Month

INF #37
2008 Reading First Teacher Reading Academies

INF #36
Artists in Education Residency Grants

INF #35
2008 Career and Technical Education Creating Excellence Awards

February 8, 2008

INF #34
Virginia's Early Reading Interventions Symposium: April 1 or April 2, 2008

INF #33
Teacher-Training Academies for Selected Industry Certifications (February—May 2008)

INF #32
Application for Technical Support for Special Education Directors/ECSE Coordinators/Preschool Program Directors-Coordinators on Promoting Inclusive Placement Opportunities for Preschoolers (IPOP)

INF #31
Revision to 2006-2007 Title I, Part A, and Title I, Part D, Subpart 2, Entitlements under Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public Law 107-110

INF #30
Virginia Middle and High School Principals Conference & Exposition, June 29 – July 2, 2008

INF #29
Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals Annual Assistant Principals/Lead Teachers Conference, March 10-11, 2008, Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg, Virginia

ADM #4
2007-2008 Spring Student Record Collection and Miscellaneous Statistics, Due: April 25, 2008

ADM #3
Grant Applications for Programs Involving Homeless Children and Youth

February 1, 2008

INF #28
U.S. Department of Education (USED) Grant Competition for the Literacy Through School Libraries (LSL) Program

INF #27
NASA – STEM Educational Outreach Program

INF #26
Algebra, Functions, and Data Analysis Curriculum Framework

INF #25
Inhalant Abuse Prevention Awareness Institute

ADM #2
Submission of Division Remediation Plan for Fiscal Year 2008-2009, Due Date: March 21, 2008

"" JANUARY

January 25, 2008

INF #24
Update on History and Social Science Standards of Learning

INF #23
Textbook and Instructional Materials Adoption Schedule for History and Social Science, Mathematics, English, Science, and Foreign Languages

INF #22
Rural and Low-Income School Program Symposium

INF #21
Revised Health Education, Physical Education, and Driver Education Standards of Learning

INF #20
Request for Nominations of College-Bound Students for the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship

INF #19
Black History Month Resources

INF #18
Granville P. Meade Scholarships 2008

INF #17
Nominations for the VGLA Standard Setting Committees for Grades 3, 5, and 8 Science Standards of Learning Tests

INF #16
Revised List of Credentials Approved for the Board of Education’s Career and Technical Education Seal, the Board of Education’s Seal of Advanced Mathematics and Technology, and Student-Selected Verified Credit

January 18, 2008

INF #15
Spring Professional Development Institutes for K-8 Teachers of English Language Learners (ELLs)

INF #14
2008 School Health Profiles Data Collection

INF #13
School Counselor Appreciation Week, February 4-8, 2008

INF #12
Nominations for the WIDA English Language Proficiency Standards Alignment Study Committees

INF #11
Nominations for the Standard Setting Committee for Grade 8 Science Standards of Learning Test

INF #10
Phase-out of End-of-Course English: Reading Tests Based on 1995 Standards of Learning (SOL) and Algebra II Tests Based on 2001 SOL

INF #9
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) Program

ADM #1
Waiver of Pre-Labor Day Opening Requirements for 2008-2009

January 11, 2008

INF #8
Minimum Age for Taking the GED Test

INF #7
Functional Behavioral Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plan Training for School Personnel Cycle 2

INF #6
Regulations Governing Mental Health Services Transition Plans for Incarcerated Juveniles

INF #5
Additional Electronic Practice Assessment Tools (ePat) for Third-, Fourth- and Fifth-Grade Reading and Mathematics

INF #4
Virginias Missing Childrens Day Poster Contest

INF #3
United States History Connects An Interactive Online United States History Course Beginning February 25, 2008

INF #2
Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow/Teacher Cadet Curriculum Training Sessions for 2008

INF #1
Ninth Annual Panasonic National School Change Awards