COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 21
February 8, 2002
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: |
School-to-Work
State Implementation Grant (Academic Challenge for Success) |
The Virginia
Department of Education has been awarded a School-to-Work State Implementation
Grant through the Virginia Business-Education Partnership program. This initiative will provide additional
instructional time for students who will be taking the Standards of Learning
assessments in the spring of 2002 in the schools statewide that received a 2001
accreditation rating of Accredited With Warning in mathematics or English. Capital One has joined with the Virginia
Business-Education Partnership program to provide an additional $500 per school
to help with instructional costs.
In order to
receive funding, school divisions, on behalf of each eligible school, should
complete the program justification as provided in Attachment A. The amount of funding available for each
eligible school, including the $500 provided by Capital One, is listed in
Attachment B. There will be no required
local match in order to participate in this program.
As part of
the program justification (Attachment A), the superintendent and county or city
administrator must certify that there will be no reduction in the school
divisions budget as a result of receiving funds for the Academic Challenge for
Success activities. A completed program
justification must be submitted to the Department of Education no later than
March 8, 2002.
Each eligible
school should use the funding for a locally designed program to deliver 150
hours of additional instruction to students who will be taking the Standards of
Learning assessments in the spring of 2002.
Examples of possible delivery models are also outlined in Attachment
A.
The
Academic Challenge for Success is a cost reimbursement program. This means that expenditures submitted for
reimbursement cannot exceed the amount of allowable funding for each eligible
school as indicated in Attachment B.
The directions for completing the request for reimbursement are provided
in the program justification (Attachment A).
Should
you have any additional questions, please contact Kathleen Smith (mailto:ksmith@mail.vak12ed.edu),
remedial education specialist, at (804) 786-5819.
Attachments
/administrators/superintendents_memos/2002/inf021a.pdf
/administrators/superintendents_memos/2002/inf021b.pdf