COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION
P.O.
BOX 2120
RICHMOND,
VIRGINIA 23218-2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 64
October 4, 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: |
Board of Education Approved Supplemental Services
Providers Requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act, Title I,
Section 1116 |
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires schools that do
not meet the states Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) targets for academic
achievement for three consecutive years to offer a choice of supplemental
educational services to parents of eligible children. Supplemental educational services are tutoring and academic
enrichment services that are provided in addition to daily instruction. A
supplemental services provider can be a nonprofit or for profit entity or a
local school division. The services must be of high quality, research-based,
and specifically designed to increase the academic achievement of eligible
children in mastering the Standards of Learning and proficiency on Standards of
Learning tests. The NCLB legislation requires that states maintain an approved
list of supplemental services providers.
The legislation also requires
that states begin to identify supplemental services providers early in this
school year. The Board of Education, at
its September 26, 2002, meeting, approved the initial list of supplemental
services providers. The list may be
found at http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/nclb/boe/index.html
on the department's website. Supplemental services providers may continue to
apply to the Virginia Department of Education.
The list of board approved providers will be periodically updated.
For additional
information, please contact George H. Irby, Sr. girby@mail.vak12ed.edu at (804)
225-2869. Superintendents may also inform
the department of providers that have been used successfully in school divisions
in prior years or that are currently being used. The department would like to afford these companies the
opportunity to become an approved Virginia supplemental services provider in
accordance with provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act.
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