Governing the Academic Review of Schools Rated Accredited with Warning
Resolution Number 2000-17
November 30, 2000
WHEREAS, the Board of Education adopted revised Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia on July 28, 2000, that became effective September 28, 2000, (“accrediting standards”); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Education expects students and Virginia’s public schools to meet high expectations for a school to achieve a rating of Fully Accredited by the 2006-07 school year; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Education, in the accrediting standards, has adopted provisional accreditation benchmarks which will be in effect until the 2002-03 school year for schools not meeting the requirements to be rated Fully Accredited; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Education, in the accrediting standards, made provisions for schools that do not meet the requirements to be rated Fully Accredited or Provisionally Accredited to be rated Accredited with Warning (in specific academic area or areas); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Education, in the accrediting standards, requires that schools rated Accredited with Warning (in specific academic area or areas) undergo an academic review of the subjects where the warning occurs; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Education is required to approve the process for the academic review of those school accredited with warning;
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Education approves the process developed by the Department of Education as described in the document entitled Proposed Guidelines for Conducting Academic Reviews of Schools Accredited with Warning.
Adopted in Richmond, Virginia, This 30th Day of November 2000.
Signature:
Kirk T. Schroder, President
Board of Education
Adopted in the Minutes of the Virginia Board of Education
November 30, 2000