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Elementary & Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

State Implementation Documents

ESEA (NCLB) Accountability Workbook – detailed description of commonwealth’s implementation of ESEA

• Virginia Accountability Workbook (PDF)
  (Revised: based on Virginia Board of Education actions through January 13, 2011, and USED responses through April 2011)

Consolidated Application, Addenda & Submissions – consolidated application for state grants for the five- year period beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2007. (Approved by USED)

• Virginia's Consolidated Application (PDF) (Approved by USDOE)
  • Virginia's Consolidated Application Addendum (PDF) (Approved by USDOE)
• Virginia Consolidated State Application (PDF) September 1, 2003 Submission
  • Title III: Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students Data Survey 2002-2003 (PDF)
  • Assessment Instruments In Use (PDF) – by Instrument
  • Virginia Public Schools LAS Correlations with VA’s Limited English Proficiency Levels (PDF)
• Virginia Consolidated State Application (PDF) May 1, 2003 Submission
• USED Approval of Virginia Assessment System (PDF) (August 14, 2009)
• Virginia’s Statewide System of Support – A Side by Side Comparison of the Requirements under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and Virginia’s Approach to Implementation (PDF)

Consolidated State Performance Reports – describe progress toward meeting the goals of ESEA with due dates.
All files below are in PDF format

• School Year 2011-2012
  • Part 2 – February 15, 2013
  • Part 1 – December 20, 2012
• School Year 2010-2011
  • Part 2 – February 17, 2012
  • Part 1 – December 16, 2011
• School Year 2009-2010
  • Part 2 – February 18, 2011
  • Part 1 – December 17, 2010
• School Year 2008-2009
  • Part 2 – February 12, 2010
  • Part 1 – December 18, 2009
• School Year 2007-2008
  • Part 2 – February 27, 2009
  • Part 1 – December 19, 2008
• School Year 2006-2007
  • Part 2 – February 22, 2008
  • Part 1 – December 28 , 2007
• School Year 2005-2006
  • Part 2 – February 1, 2007
  • Part 1 – December 1, 2006
• School Year 2004-2005
  • Part 2 – April 14, 2006
  • Part 1 – March 6, 2006
• School Year 2003-2004
  • Part 2 – April 15, 2005
  • Part 1 – January 31, 2005
• School Year 2002-2003
  • Part 2 – June 30, 2004
  • Part 1 – December 22, 2003

Military Recruitment and NCLB

• Letter from Secretary of Education Rod Paige and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (PDF)

Reports to the Governor and General Assembly

• Report to the Governor and General Assembly on the Costs of the Federal No Child Left Behind Act to the Virginia Department of Education (PDF)
• The Cost of Fulfilling the Requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act for School Divisions in Virginia (PDF)
• Appendices for the Costs of Fulfilling the Requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (PDF)

School Prayer and NCLB

• USED School Prayer Guidelines

Statewide System of Support

• Statewide System of Support: Building a Commonwealth of Opportunity (PPT)
• Superintendent's Memo, INF #6, January 5, 2006
  Requirements under NCLB for a Statewide System of Support
• Toolkit of Options for Statewide System of Support (PDF)
• Statewide System of Support: Side-by-Side Comparison of NCLB Implementation to Virginia's Approach to Implementation (PDF)

Other Reports to USED

• Revised State Plan (PDF) (Submitted July 7, 2006; Revised September 29, 2006) – revised state plan for the goal of attaining 100 percent highly qualified teachers
• An Update to Virginia’s Teacher Equity Plan – 2009 (PDF)
• An Update to Virginia's Teacher Equity Plan – 2011 (PDF)
• An Update to Virginia’s Teacher Equity Plan – 2012 (PDF)
• Title III Biennial Report (December 21, 2006) – report to Office of English Language Acquisition

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