COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 57
November 5, 2004
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: |
Guidelines for Sanctions/Corrective Actions for School Divisions in Improvement Status as Required in NCLB |
On October
28, 2004, the Virginia Board of Education adopted Guidelines for
Sanctions/Corrective Actions for Virginia School Divisions in Improvement Status,
as required by the No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001 (NCLB). The PDF version
of the document is attached and, also is available on the Department of
Educations NCLB website.
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
requires states to establish an accountability system for schools, school
divisions, and the state. As part of
the accountability system, states must have sanctions and corrective actions
for school divisions that do not make adequate yearly progress (AYP) for two
consecutive years or more as defined in their Consolidated State Application
Accountability Workbook. Virginias
Accountability Workbook, approved by the Virginia Board of Education and the
U.S. Department of Education (USED), describes a single statewide
accountability system and outlines the steps that Virginia will follow to
implement this requirement of NCLB. The
AYP accountability determinations for the 2004-2005 school year (based on
2003-2004 data) have resulted in the identification of certain school divisions
in improvement status. School divisions were notified of their improvement
status concurrent with the Web-based notification of school-level AYP
information. In Virginia, school divisions that do not make AYP for two
consecutive years in the same content area are identified as being in
improvement status. School divisions
that are in improvement status are subject to sanctions and/or corrective
actions.
A separate
communication that provides technical assistance on division improvement
planning will be sent directly to the superintendents of divisions in
improvement status. If you have questions about the federal requirements,
please contact Brenda Spencer, Title I coordinator, at (804) 371-6201 or e-mail
(bspencer@mail.vak12ed.edu).
If you have questions about division improvement planning, please contact Dr.
James Heywood, executive director for school improvement, at (804) 225-2657 or
e-mail (jheywood@mail.vak12ed.edu).
JLD/PIW
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/administrators/superintendents_memos/2004/adm057a.pdf