COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 49
July 26, 2002
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: |
Charter School
Legislation |
The 2002 Virginia
General Assembly session resulted in two charter school bills effective July 1,
2002, that directly affect school divisions and require action on the part of
local school boards. Senate Bill 625 requires
all local school boards to review and act on applications for charter
schools. Local school boards must
establish procedures for receiving, reviewing, and ruling on charter school
applications. House Bill 734 requires local school boards to submit annual
evaluations of public charter schools to the Board of Education. The bill also requires local school boards
to report the number of public charter school applications that were denied and
approved to the Board of Education to include in its annual report to the
Governor and General Assembly.
The full text of
the bills may be viewed at http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?021+ful+CHAP0851
and http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?021+ful+CHAP0874.
The Annual Charter School Evaluation Report (Attachment
A) for the 2001-2002 school year should be completed only by school divisions
with approved charter schools. Please
submit the original and one copy of the annual report to the Department of
Education by September 16, 2002. The annual evaluation report is located
on the Office of Compensatory Education Programs Web page under Charter
Schools at the following address: http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/comp.html.
A separate report must be submitted for each charter
school in the school division.
The Department of Education will request additional
information required by the legislation during the 2002-2003 school year.
Questions regarding charter schools should be
directed to Dianne B. Pollard (mailto:dpollard@mail.vak12ed.edu),
specialist, Office of Compensatory Programs at (804) 371-7583.
JLD/DBP/jf
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