Guidance Documents
Guidance documents are adopted by the Board of Education and VDOE to provide general information to agency staff, school personnel or the public on how to implement or interpret state law or agency regulations.
Use the list of topics to help you find the guidance documentation that interests you. The title of the document along with the VDOE division that originated the guidance and the date of adoption are included.
- Administration & Governance
- Health & Safety
- Instruction
- No Child Left Behind
- Graduation & School Accreditation
- Special Programs
- Teacher Education & Licensure
Administration & Governance
- Guidelines Concerning Student Drug Testing in Virginia Public Schools 2004
Special Education and Student Services – 2004 - Student Conduct Policy Guidelines
Special Education and Student Services – 2004 - Virginia School Search Resource Guide (includes Student Search Guidelines)
Special Education and Student Services – 2000 - List of Board of Education Regulations Identified as Waivable for Charter School Purposes
Instruction – 1999 - Use of Literary Fund Loan Proceeds
Finance – 1996 - Chassis Specifications for – 2001 Model School Buses
Finance – 2000 - Uniform Policy Statement for Free and Reduced Price Meals
Finance – 2002 - Guidance for Accommodating Children with Special Dietary Needs in School Nutrition Programs
Finance – 2002 - Model Guidelines for the Wearing of Uniforms in Public Schools
Policy and Communications – 1996 - Guidelines on the Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance (includes Guidelines for Appropriate Etiquette and Conventions for Respecting the Dignity of the Flag)
Policy and Communications – 2001 - Guidelines Concerning Religious Activities in Public Schools
Policy and Communications – 1995 - Acceptable Use Policies: A Handbook
Technology – 2001 - Guidelines for the Donation of Obsolete Educational Technology Hardware and Software by School Boards to Students
Policy and Communications – 2000 - Minute of Silence
Policy and Communications – 2000 - Guidelines for Honorary High School Diplomas for Veterans of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
Instruction – 2002
Health & Safety
- Model Guidelines for School Attendance for Children with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Special Education and Student Services – 1990 - Virginia School Health Guidelines
Special Education and Student Services – 1998 - Guidelines for Specialized Health Care Procedures
Special Education and Student Services – 1996 - Guidelines for Training of Public School Employees in the Administration of Insulin and Glucagon
Special Education and Student Services – 1999 - Suicide Prevention Guidelines
Special Education and Student Services – 2003 - Model School Crisis and Emergency Management Plan
Special Education and Student Services – 2002 - School Safety Audits: Protocol, Procedures, and Checklists
Special Education and Student Services – 2000 - Policy Regarding Medication Recommendation by School Personnel
Special Education and Student Services – 2002 - Resource Guide for Crisis Management In Virginia Schools – 2002
- Child Abuse and Neglect Recognition and Intervention Training Curriculum Guidelines
Special Education & Student Services – 2003 - Guidelines for Managing Asthma in Virginia Schools: A Team Approach:
Special Education & Student Services – 2003
Instruction
- Guidelines for the K-3 Record for Reading and Mathematics
Instruction – 1999 - Objectives for Personal Living and Finance
Instruction – 1999 - Criteria for Character Education Programs
Special Education and Student Services – 2000 - Board of Education Guidelines for Family Life Education
Special Education and Student Services – 2002 - Curriculum and Administrative Guide for Driver Education Virginia
Instruction – 2001 - Guidelines for Banking-at-School Demonstration Partnership Programs
Instruction – 2002 - Individual Student Alternative Education Plan (ISAEP) Program Guidelines
Special Education and Student Services – 2003
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)
- Persistently Dangerous Schools Identification Process & Criteria
Board of Education – 2003 - Criteria for the Providers of Supplemental Educational Services under the No Child Left Behind Act of – 2001
Instruction – 2002 - Virginia Board of Education Policy: Persistently Dangerous Schools & Unsafe School Choice Option
Instruction – 2002 - Guidelines for Provision of Public School Choice for Students in Title I Schools That are Identified for Improvement Status Under No Child Left Behind Act of – 2001
Instruction – 2002 - Criteria for the Providers of Supplemental Educational Services under the No Child Left Behind Act of – 2001
Instruction – 2002
Graduation & School Accreditation
- Virginia Board of Education Guidelines - An Incentive Program to Encourage and Recognize School Accountability Performance and Competence to Excellence (8VAC 20-131-325)
Policy – 2007 - Guidance Document Governing Certain Provisions of the Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia
Policy – 2006 - Guidelines for Participation of Limited English Proficient Students in the SOL Assessments, October – 1997
Assessment and Reporting – 1997 - Guidelines for Local School Boards to Award Verified Credits for the Standard Diploma to Transition Students
Accountability – 2002 - Guidelines for Awarding Differentiated Numbers of Verified Credit for Career and Technical Education Certification and Licensure Examinations
Instruction – 2002 - Interpretation of Regulations for Certain Transfer Students
Accountability – 2002
Special Programs
- The Virginia Plan for the Gifted (Appendices updated in – 2001)
Instruction – 1996 - Procedures for Initiating an Academic Year Governor’s School
Instruction – 1998 - Comprehensive Services Act (CSA) for At Risk Youth and Families Implementation Manual
Special Education and Student Services – 1999 - Handbook for Homebound Service
Special Education and Student Services – 1990 - Guidelines for the Participation of Students with Disabilities in the Assessment Component of Virginia’s Accountability System
Assessment and Reporting - Limited English Proficient Students: Guidelines for Participation in the Standards of Learning AssessmentsGuidelines for Participation of Students with Disabilities in Alternate Assessments
Assessment and Reporting – 2002 - Discipline of Students with Disabilities
Special Education and Student Services – 2000 - Rights & Procedural Safeguards for Special Education Related to Free Appropriate Public Education
Special Education and Student Services – 2001 - Handbook for Homebound Service:
Special Education and Student Services – 2003 - Process for Initiating a Governor’s Career and Technical Academy
Instruction – 2007
Teacher Education & Licensure
- Guidelines for the Evaluation of Superintendents, Teachers, and Administrators and Instructional Central Office Personnel
Teacher Education and Licensure – 2000 - Guidelines for Mentor Teacher Programs for Beginning and Experienced Teacher Participation
Teacher Education and Licensure – 2000 - Local Eligibility License
Teacher Education and Licensure – 2000 - The Virginia Licensure Renewal Manual
Teacher Education and Licensure – 1998