COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

P.O. BOX 2120

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120

SUPTS. MEMO NO. 50

September 5, 2003

ADMINISTRATIVE

TO:	Division Superintendents
FROM:	Jo Lynne DeMary Superintendent of Public Instruction
SUBJECT:	Title IV: Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Fiscal Year 2002-2003 Progress Report

Section 4116 of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires the collection of information about state and local implementation of the SDFSCA. States are required to submit information on state and local programs conducted with assistance furnished through the SDFSCA. Information from school divisions is required for inclusion in the Virginia report to the United States Department of Education.

Two copies of the progress report for the fiscal year 2002 (July 1,2002 June 30, 2003), must be submitted to the Virginia Department of Education as soon as possible, but no later than October 24,2003. In the absence of new reporting requirements from the U.S. Department of Education, the reporting form remains essentially unchanged from the format used in previous years.

Should there be questions, please contact Arlene Cundiff in the Office of Student Services at (804) 225-2871, acundiff@mail.vak12ed.edu.

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