Granting a Waiver of a Provision of the Accrediting Standards for the Pulaski County Public Schools
Resolution Number 2001-33
July 26, 2001
WHEREAS, the Standards of Quality for Public Schools, in ' 22.1-253.13:1 of the Code of Virginia set the required program of basic skills that must be offered in the public schools in Virginia; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Education, in 8 VAC 20-131-90 of the Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia, requires that level one of a foreign language be available to all students in the eighth grade in middle schools; and
WHEREAS, until 1999, these staffing requirements were found only in the accrediting standards, in 8 VAC 20-131-330, permit the Board of Education to grant waivers of certain provisions of the standards based on the submission of a request from the division superintendent and chairman of the local school board; and
WHEREAS, the division superintendent and chairman of the school board of the Pulaski County Public Schools have submitted a request for a waiver of a provision in 8 VAC 20-131-90 of the accrediting standards that requires level one of a foreign language be available to all students in the eighth grade in Virginia’s middle schools; and
WHEREAS, the division superintendent and chairman of the Pulaski County School Board have provided documentation supporting the request for the waiver; and
WHEREAS, the division superintendent and chairman of the Pulaski County School Board carefully considered the level of services available to educate children in the county and believe that students have ample opportunity and more options available to receive instruction in foreign languages at the high school level;
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Education, after reviewing the documentation and considering the request, denied the request for a waiver.
Adopted in Richmond, Virginia, This Twenty-Sixth Day of July in the Year 2001.
Signature:
Kirk T. Schroder, President
Board of Education
Adopted in the Minutes of the Virginia Board of Education
July 26, 2001