COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 58
August 30, 2002
ADMINISTRATIVE
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Jo Lynne
DeMary Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Tuition
Certification for Governor's Schools and Foreign Language Academies |
The 2002 General Assembly included language in the appropriation act that requires school divisions to certify that no tuition is assessed students to attend Academic-Year Governors Schools. Out of the amounts for Governors School Payments, the Board of Education shall provide assistance for the state share of the incremental cost of regular school year Governors Schools based on each participating localitys composite index of local ability- to-pay. Participating school divisions must certify that no tuition is assessed students for participation in this program. (Item 150, A.1., Chapter 899, 2002 Acts of the Assembly)
Additional language specifies that no tuition may be charged public
school students who participate in the Summer Residential Governors Schools or
the Foreign Language Academies. Out of the amounts for Governors School
Payments, the Board of Education shall provide assistance for the state share
of the incremental cost of summer residential Governors Schools and Foreign
Language Academies to be based on the greater of the states share of the
composite index of local ability-to-pay or fifty percent. Participating school
divisions must certify that no tuition is assessed students for participation
in this program if they are enrolled in a public school. (Item 150, A.2.,
Chapter 899, 2002 Acts of the Assembly)
A
form is attached that superintendents must complete certifying that these
programs are tuition-free for students enrolled in public schools. Please
return the attachment to Barbara McGonagill, Virginia Department of Education,
P. O. Box 2120, Office of Secondary Instructional Services, Richmond, Virginia
23218-2120, by September 20, 2002. For further information, you may call Dr.
McGonagill (mailto:bmcgonag@pen.k12.va.us),
specialist, Governors Schools and gifted education, at (804) 225-2884.
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