Superintendent's Memos - 1997
December 19, 1997
- INF #199 – 1998-2000 Biennium Budget as Introduced
- INF #197 – 1998-2000 Biennium Budget as Introduced
- INF #196 – 1997-98 Revised Entitlements
- INF #195 – Action by the Board of Education, Relative to the 1998 General Assembly Session, to Phase out the Literacy Passport Testing Program
- INF #194 – Universal Service Applications
- INF #193 – Advance Copy of SOL Test Blueprints
- INF #192 – Educational Directory
- INF #191 – Adjustments to Basic Aid for the Cost of Educating Children in Mental Retardation Facilities and Mental Health Hospitals
- INF #190 – Facilities Conference February 23-24, 1998
December 12, 1997
- INF #189 – Standards of Learning Writing Assessment Dates
- INF #188 – Use of Graphing Calculators on Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II Standards of Learning Tests
- INF #187 – The Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) Summary of Answers
- INF #186 – Early Reading Intervention for 1997-98
- INF #185 – K-3 Primary Class Size Entitlements for 1997-98
- INF #184 – Fiscal Year 1998 Application for Impact Aid
December 5, 1997
- INF #183 – Standards of Learning Copies for Parents
- INF #182 – Report of Teacher Salary Survey
- INF #181 – Graphing Calculator Staff Development
- INF #180 – Satellite Algebra Course for Teachers
- INF #179 – Report of Special Education Students and Special Education Expenditures by Locality, for years, 1989-90 through 1996-97
December 4, 1997
December 2, 1997
- INF #178 – Goals 2000: Educate America Act Grant
November 21, 1997
- INF #177 – Availability of Information Related to School Health Programs
- INF #176 – Partnerships with Local Departments of Social Services
- INF #175 – Schools Eligible to Participate in the Technology Issue V for 1997-98
- INF #173 – Virginia Public School Authority School Equipment Finance Notes, Educational Technology Issue IV
- INF #172 – Superintendent's Advisory Council
- ADM #73 – A Survey of Students Who are Medically Fragile
- ADM #72 – End-of-Course SOL Test Counts
November 18, 1997
- INF #174 – 1998-2000 Composite Index of Local Ability-to-Pay
- INF #171a – Addendum to Superintendent's Memo #171, Informational
- INF #169 – 1997 Fall Membership Reports
November 7, 1997
- INF #171 – Transmittal of "Statement of Administrative Impact and Projected Costs of Implementation" for the Proposed Technology Standards for Instructional Personnel
- INF #170 – Transmittal of "Statement of Administrative Impact and Projected Costs of Implementation" for the Proposed Licensure Regulations for School Personnel
October 31, 1997
- REG #11 – School Safety Audits
- INF #168 – Payment of State Funds for the National School Lunch Program for School Year 1996-97
- INF #167 – Board of Education 1998-2000 Budget Request
- INF #166 – Month for Children
October 24, 1997
- REG #10 – Verification Report for Free and Reduced Price Meal Applications & Racial Ethnic Report on Free and Reduced Price Meal Recipients
- INF #165 – Universal Service Discount Program
- INF #164 – Accreditation Standards Workshop
- INF #163 – Competitive Grant Applications (CGAs) for Even Start Programs
October 17, 1997
- INF #162 – Approval by the Board of Education of Guidelines for Participation in the SOL Assessments for Students with Disabilities and Limited English Proficient Students
- INF #161 – State Report from the Literacy Testing Program, Summer 1997
- INF #160 – School Bus Handrails
October 10, 1997
- INF #159 – Final Payment for 1997-98 Remedial Summer School
- INF #158 – Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- INF #157 – Shipment of Manipulatives from Harcourt Brace Educational Measurement
- INF #156 – Goals 2000 Grant Process
- INF #155 – New Services Added to Special Education Medicaid Billing Program
- INF #154 – A Directory of Resources for Schools and Communities
- INF #153 – National Board Certification
- INF #152 – Governor Allen Announces Virginia's Goals 2000 Award
- ADM #71 – State Buy for Graphing Calculators and Scientific Probe Kits
- ADM #70 – Report of Children and Youth With Disabilities Receiving Special Education on December 1, 1997
- ADM #69 – Report of Dropouts, 1996-97 School Year
October 3, 1997
- INF #151 – 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress
- INF #150 – Transmitting Current Version of the Standards of Quality
- INF #149 – Initial Verification and/or Correction of 1996-97 OAP and Physical Fitness Data
- INF #148 – 1998 Governor's School Selection Process
- ADM #68 – Transmitting Information for Students Regarding the Laws Governing Prosecution of Juveniles as Adults
September 27, 1997
- ADM #74 – Information on K-3 Primary Class Size Program
- ADM #67 – Information on K-3 Primary Class Size Program
September 26, 1997
- INF #147 – Superintendent's Advisory Council
- INF #146 – Notice from Parent or Parent's Attorney Requesting a Due Process Hearing
- ADM #66 – Report of Summer School Average Daily Attendance (ADA)--1997 Summer School
- ADM #65 – General Assembly Appropriation for ESL Programs
- ADM #64a – Superintendent's Memo #64, Administrative Addition and Correction
September 19, 1997
- INF #145 – Educational Technology Leadership Conference
- INF #144 – Universal Service Discount Update
- INF #143 – Public School Buildings Put Under Contract Between July 1, 1996
- ADM #64 – Report on Incidents of Crime, Violence, and Substance Abuse 1996-97
- ADM #63 – 1997-98 IDEA, PL 105-17 Part B Grant Awards for Special Education
September 12, 1997
September 5, 1997
- INF #142 – Correspondence Courses for Home Instruction
- INF #141 – Annual Report for School Year 1995-96 Incidents of Crime, Violence, and Substance Abuse
- INF #140 – Tuition Assistance for Early Childhood Special Educators
- INF #139 – Vocational Education Entitlements for 1997-98
August 29, 1997
- INF #137 – Application for 1997-98 Title II Eisenhower Funds
- REG #9 – Approval for Charging a Fee for the Laboratory Phase of Driver Education
- INF #138 – Observation Opportunities Available from the Improving Special Education Experiences (ISEE) Project Demonstration Sites
- INF #136 – School Dropout Prevention Awareness Week
- INF #135 – Release of SAT-I, PSAT, and AP Test Results
- INF #134 – School Nutrition Programs Orientation for Newly Appointed School Food Service Directors or Supervisors, September 17-18, 1997
August 22, 1997
- INF #133 – Hudson Foods Beef Product Recall
- ADM #61 – 1997-98 Average Salary Survey
- ADM #60 – 1997 Fall Membership
August 15, 1997
- INF #132 – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 (P.L. 105-17)
- ADM #59 – Survey of Private Nonprofit School Participation in Title II-Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program, Title IV-Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities, and Title VI-Innovative Education Program Strategies for 1998-99
August 9, 1997
August 8 1997
- INF #131 – Literacy Challenge Fund Grant Application
- ADM #58 – Health Insurance Credit Program for Retired School Division Employees
- ADM #57 – Counting Partially Enrolled Students in ADM-Reconciling HB 1860 and Item 140 A. 1. c of the 1997 Appropriation Act
- ADM #56 – Final Innovative Education Program Strategies, Title VI, IASA Entitlements
- ADM #55 – Children in Foster Care
- ADM #54 – Remedial Summer School
August 1, 1997
- INF #129 – Early Intervention Reading Initiative –
- INF #128 – Test Date: Limited Fall Field Test for the Standards of Learning Assessment
July 3, 1997
- INF #127 – Accuracy of Net Content Labeling of Dairy and Juice Products
- INF #126 – The Commonwealth Special Education Endorsement Program: A Distance Learning Approach
- INF #125 – School/Community Health Services Grants
- INF #124 – HB 2764: Bloodborne Pathogen Training for School Personnel and Management of Exposure-Prone Incidents in Schools
- INF #123 – Limited Fall Field Test for the Standards of Learning Assessment
- INF #122 – Fall 1997 Elementary and Secondary School Civil Rights Compliance Report
- ADM #53 – 1996-97 Annual School Report and Distribution Sheets
- ADM #52 – Maximum Basic Authorization and Supplementary Concentration Grants for Title I Fiscal Year 1997-98
July 18, 1997
- INF #121 – Policy Briefs, the Telecommunications Act of 1996
- INF #120 – State Reports from the Virginia Literacy Testing Program and the Virginia State Assessment Program (VSAP)
July 11, 1997
- REG #8 – Chassis Specifications for 1998 Model School Buses
- INF #119 – Cumulative Index of Superintendent's Memoranda –
- INF #118 – Office for Civil Rights' Interpretations of Requirements Related to Sexual Harassment in Schools
- INF #117 – F-1 Student Visas
- ADM #51 – Survey on Public School Remedial Education Programs
- ADM #50 – Reimbursement of Tuition for Eligible Students with Disabilities Attending Certain Regional Special Education Programs: Period Ending June 30, 1997
- ADM #49 – Superintendents Memorandum #42 on Graphing Calculators and Scientific Probe Kits
July 3, 1997
- INF #116 – Integrated Pest Management in Public Schools
- ADM #48 – Professional Development Grant Funded under Title VI, Innovative Education Program Strategies
- ADM #47 – Request for Report of Insurance Coverage on School Buses Section 22.1-188 through 22.1-198 and Section 38.2-2206, Code of Virginia
June 30, 1997
June 27, 1997
- INF #114 – Transmittal of the 1997 Legislative Bill Book
- INF #113 – 1997-1998 Standards of Learning Incentive Grant
- INF #111 – Addendum to 1995-96 Superintendent's Annual Report
- ADM #46 – Identification of Division Directors of Testing
June 20, 1997
- REG #7 – Certification of Adequate Budgeted Funds in 1997-98 to Meet the Required Local Expenditure for Basic Operations Costs
- INF #112 – Monitoring Facility Compliance with Respect to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- INF #110 – Fiscal Year 1997-98 Account Structure
- INF #109 – Fiscal Year 1997-98 Monthly Payment Plan
- INF #108 – Governor Allen Announces Virginia's Award of $2.8 Million
- INF #107 – Accreditation Matters
- INF #106 – Fire Prevention Code Workshops
- INF #105 – National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1996 Science Report Card for the Nation and the States
- INF #103 – Universal Service Telecommunications Discounts
- ADM #45 – Report of Children and Youth With Disabilities Exiting Special Education (1996-97 School Year)
June 13, 1997
- INF #104 – Superintendents Memorandum #42 on Graphing Calculators and Scientific Probes
- INF #102 – Use of VPSA School Equipment Financing Notes Educational Technology
- INF #101 – Data Collection Forms for Students Not Graduating Because They Have Not Passed the Literacy Passport Test
- INF #100 – Verification of Data Transmitted to Department of Taxation for Use in Composite Index
- ADM #44 – Annual Report for Homebound Instruction 1996-97
- ADM #43 – Final FY 1997 School Division Allocations, Application, and 1996-97 School Division Progress Report for Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act
June 6, 1997
- REG #6 – Required Fire Inspections in Schools
- INF #99 – Transmittal of "Statement of Administrative Impact and Projected Costs of Implementation" for the Proposed Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia
- INF #98 – Competitive Grant Application for Community-Based Literacy Enabling Subgrants for 1997-98
- INF #96 – School Calendars
- INF #95 – Increase in Fee for GED Testing
- INF #94 – Training Seminar
- ADM #42 – Graphing Calculators and Scientific Probes
- ADM #41 – Request for Information on Textbooks and Instructional Fees
- ADM #40 – Forms for the 1997-98 School Session
- ADM #39 – School Health Advisory Board Annual Report
- ADM #38 – Technology Training
- ADM #37 – Blue Ribbon Schools, 1997-98 Secondary School Recognition Program
June 4, 1997
- INF #97 – Continued Service Provision for Properly Expelled or Long-Term Suspended Students with Disabilities
May 30, 1997
- INF #93 – Announcing the 1997-98 High Schools That Work/Tech Prep Grant Application for New Sites
- INF #92 – Potential Changes to the Literary Fund Loan Regulations
- ADM #36 – General Assembly Action Relating to Learner's Permits and Driver's Licenses
- ADM #35 – School Administration Data Collection
- ADM #34 – 1996-97 Status Questionnaire and 1997-98 Application for Driver Education Program Approval
- ADM #33 – Remedial Summer School
- ADM #32 – Authorization of Signatures in Absence of Superintendent
- ADM #31 – Programs for the Gifted
May 23, 1997
- INF #91 – 1997-98 Central Fidelity Tutors For Success Program
- INF #90 – Report of the Virginia State Crime Commission and the Virginia Commission on Youth, "The Study of Youth Gangs in Virginia" (House Document No. 30, 1997)
- INF #89 – Proposed Technology Standards for Instructional Personnel
- INF #88 – New Legal Requirements for F-1 Foreign Students in Public Schools
- ADM #30 – Projections of March 31 Average Daily Membership for School Years 1998-99 and 1999-2000
May 16, 1997
- REG #5 – Certification Regarding Lobbying
- INF #87 – Reimbursement for Continued Service Provisions to Students with Disabilities on Long-Term Suspensions or Expulsion Under Option I
- INF #86 – Statewide Meetings on the Proposed Licensure Regulations
- INF #85 – Superintendent's Advisory Council
- INF #84 – Changes to Virginia's PEN
- INF #83 – Additional Payment for Remedial Summer School
- ADM #29 – Grant Applications for Programs Involving Homeless Children and Youth
- ADM #28 – 1996-97 Annual School Report
- ADM #27 – Sales Tax No Loss Payment
May 9, 1997
- INF #82 – School Division Updated Technology Plans INF #81 – Use of Mediation to Resolve Special Education Disputes
- INF #80 – Comprehensive School Health Education Exposition, August 5-7, 1997
- INF #79 – Satellite Algebra Course for Teachers
- ADM #26 – Report of Combined (Regular and Summer) Term Graduates, 1996-97
- ADM #25 – Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Funds Reimbursement Forms
May 2, 1997
- INF #78 – National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1996 Science Report Card for the Nation and the States
- INF #77 – Final Legislative Action of the 1997 General Assembly
- INF #76 – Fresh Produce Purchases for the School Nutrition Programs
- INF #75 – State Testing Program Schedule for 1997-98
- ADM #24 – 1995-96 Superintendent's Annual Report
- ADM #23 – Outcome Accountability Project
April 10, 1997
- REG #4 – Agreement to Participate in the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and/or Special Milk Program
- INF #74 – Driver Education Incentive Grants
- INF #73 – 1996-97 Entitlements Based on March 31, 1997 ADM
- INF #72 – Early Intervention Reading Initiative
- INF #71 – Materials for "Before You Suspend Students with Disabilities"
- INF #70 – Distribution of Funds for Assistive Technology
- INF #69 – Competitive Grant Application for Learn and Serve Virginia K-12 Grants
- ADM #22 – Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Fiscal Year 1995 Progress Report
- ADM #21 – Summer Food Service under National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
April 18, 1997
- REG #3 – Uniform Policy Statement for Free and Reduced Price Meals: 1997-98 School Year
- INF #68 – Teacher Questionnaire for SSI Recipients
- INF #67 – Conflict Management Publication
- INF #66 – Invitational Symposium on National Board Certification, July 14-15, 1997
- ADM #20 – Federal Program Review of the School Nutrition Programs
- ADM #19 – School Food Service Employee Recognition Day
April 11, 1997
- INF #64 – Selection of Literacy Media for Students with Visual Impairments
- INF #63 – General Adult Education (GAE) Applications for 1997-98
- INF #62 – Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test Participation (PSAT/NMSQT)
- ADM #18 – Estimated Title VI Allocations for the 1997-98 School Year
- ADM #17 – Reporting of Physical Fitness Test Ratings
April 10, 1997
April 4, 1997
- INF #61 – Superintendent's Advisory Council
- INF #60 – National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)1996 Mathematics Report Card for the Nation and the States
- INF #59 – Stanford 9 Score Interpretation Workshops
- INF #58 – Estimated Required Local Effort for 1997-98
- ADM #16 – Survey: Educational Interpreters for Students Using Sign Language
March 28, 1997
- REG #2 – Debarment and Suspension Procedures Affecting the School Nutrition Programs
- INF #57 – Literacy Passport Testing of Students Transferring into Grade 12 After the Spring LPT Administration
- INF #56 – Fall 1996 Report of the Virginia Literacy Testing Program
- INF #55 – Instructional Resources Trade Shows
- INF #54 – Summer Arts Conservatory at Radford University
- ADM #15 – Department of Education and VAPT Pupil Transportation Conference June 22-25, 1997
- ADM #14 – Guidelines for Completing the Request for Reimbursement for the FY 97 Virginia Public School Authority Educational Technology Initiative
March 21, 1997
- INF #52 – Handbook for Occupational & Physical Therapy Services in the Public Schools of Virginia
- INF #51 – Christa McAuliffe Fellowship Program
- INF #50 – Proposed Licensure Regulations for School Personnel
- INF #49 – Student Information Management Software
- ADM #13 – Requisition For Supplies
- ADM #12 – Collection of Data Relative to Compliance with the Standards of Quality for 1996-97
- ADM #11 – Emergency Immigrant Counts
- ADM #10 – Final Verification of December 1, 1996 Special Education Child Count
March 14, 1997
- INF #48 – Long Distance Telephone Service
- ADM #9 – Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
- ADM #8 – March 31, 1997 Average Daily Membership (ADM)
March 7, 1997
- INF #47 – 1997 Annual Conference of Division Superintendents
- INF #45 – Release of Outcome Accountability Project (OAP) Data, Spring 1997
- INF #44 – Announcing the 1997 High Schools That Work/Tech Prep Summer Institute
- ADM #7 – Staff Development Training
March 5, 1997
February 28, 1997
- INF #42 – Waiver of Pre-Labor Day Opening Requirements for 1997-98
- INF #41 – SOL Field Test Pre-Administration Workshops
- INF #40 – Virginia General Assembly Tracking Report
- INF #39 – VSAP and SOL Field Test Participation and Accommodations Guidelines for Students with Disabilities and Limited English Proficient Students
- INF #38 – Home-Instructed Students and the Virginia State Assessment Program (VSAP)
- INF #37 – Jobs for Virginia Graduates (JVG) Grant Application Process
- INF #36 – K-12 Technology Handbook
- INF #35 – Children in Foster Care
- INF #34 – Quality Education Data Survey
February 27, 1997
February 24, 1997
February 21, 1997
February 14, 1997
- INF #33 – Clarification on Use of Calculators on Stanford 9
- INF #32 – Virginia General Assembly Tracking Report
- INF #31 – United States Department of Agriculture--Nutrition Education Project
- INF #30 – School Breakfast Week--March 3-7, 1997 "Think Smart, Think School Breakfast!"
- INF #29 – Summer Food Service Program
- INF #28 – Request for Nominations of College-Bound Students for the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program
- INF #27 – 1994-1995 School Health Advisory Board Annual Report
- INF #26 – Calendar of Reports
February 7, 1997
- INF #25 – Information on Alternative Programs for Long-Term Suspended and Expelled Students
- INF #24 – Virginia General Assembly Tracking Report
- INF #22 – Nominations for the 1998 Virginia Teacher of the Year Program
- INF #21 – Additional Information Regarding the Upcoming Administration of the Stanford 9 TA as Part of the Virginia State Assessment Program (VSAP)
- INF #20 – Adjustment to Basic Aid for the Cost of Educating Students at the Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind
- INF #19 – Virginia Public School Authority School Equipment Financing Notes, Educational Technology Issue IV
- INF #18 – Music In Our Schools Month, March 1997
January 31, 1997
January 24, 1997
- INF #13 – Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council (VICC) Survey Previous Early Intervention/Preschool Services
- INF #12 – Status of Continued Service Provision for Students with Disabilities
- INF #11 – Virginia General Assembly Tracking Report
- INF #10 – Requirement for a Social Security Number
- INF #9 – 1995-96 School Division Dropout Rates
- INF #8 – Superintendent's Advisory Council
- INF #7 – Dates for Summer 1997 Literacy Passport Test (LPT) Administration
- ADM #4 – Availability of Funds and Requests for Proposals for Funding Sign Language and/or Cued Speech Educational Interpreter Training Projects for 1997-98
- ADM #3 – Reimbursement of Tuition for Eligible Handicapped Students Attending Certain Regional Special Education Programs: Period Ending January 31, 1997
January 17, 1997
- INF #6 – National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1994 Trends in Academic Progress
- INF #5 – Virginia General Assembly Tracking Report
- INF #4 – Cumulative Index of Superintendent's Memoranda--July 12, 1996 through December 20, 1996
- ADM #2 – Re-enrollment of juveniles who are committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice
January 10, 1997
January 03, 1997
- INF #2 – Adjustments to Basic Aid for the Cost of Educating Children in Mental Retardation Facilities and Mental Health Hospitals
- INF #1 – Fiscal Year 1996 Application for Impact Aid
- ADM #1 – Requests for Proposal and Availability of Funds Under Project UNITE (UNified Intercommunity Transition and Empowerment for Youths with Disabilities (USDOE Award #H158A20015)