Division Literacy Plans
With the passage of the Virginia Literacy Act (VLA) during the 2022 General Assembly, Virginia is leading the nation in enhancing early literacy outcomes for our young learners. The VLA empowers the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) to assist school divisions through a comprehensive, multi-year initiative that includes tools, resources, technical support, and funding.
A key element of the Virginia Literacy Act requires each division to create a literacy plan that addresses how the division will implement evidence-based literacy curricula, staff sufficient reading specialists to address intervention needs, and offer professional development for teachers, reading specialists, and principals.
Resources
- Biennial Divisionwide Literacy Plan Guidance (May 2025)
- April 29, 2025, Webinar PowerPoint and Recording- The VDOE provided divisions with guidance for the revision of Division Literacy Plans for the biennial submission. The webinar provided participants with ideas of revision and strengthening of their Division Literacy Plans.
- October 15, 2024, Webinar PowerPoint and Recording - The VDOE highlighted examples of strong components from Division Literacy Plans submitted July 1 during a webinar on October 15, 2024. This webinar supported divisions’ reflections on their own plans and helped divisions prepare for the December 6 resubmission.
Plans by Division
Below are links to each school division’s website, where stakeholders can access and review their Division Literacy Plans.
- Accomack County
- Albemarle County
- Alexandria
- Alleghany Highlands
- Amelia County
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Arlington County
- Augusta County
- Bath County
- Bedford County
- Bland County
- Botetourt County
- Bristol
- Brunswick County
- Buchanan County
- Buckingham County
- Buena Vista
- Campbell County
- Caroline County
- Carroll County
- Charles City County
- Charlotte County
- Charlottesville
- Chesapeake
- Chesterfield County
- Clarke County
- Colonial Beach
- Colonial Heights
- Craig County
- Culpeper County
- Cumberland County
- Danville
- Dickenson County
- Dinwiddie County
- Essex County
- Fairfax County
- Fairfax
- Falls Church
- Fauquier County
- Floyd County
- Fluvanna County
- Franklin County
- Franklin
- Frederick County
- Fredericksburg
- Galax
- Giles County
- Gloucester County
- Goochland County
- Grayson County
- Greene County
- Greensville County
- Halifax County
- Hampton
- Hanover County
- Harrisonburg
- Henrico County
- Henry County
- Highland County
- Hopewell
- Isle of Wight County
- James City County (go to Williamsburg-James City County)
- King George County
- King and Queen County
- King William County
- Lancaster County
- Lee County
- Lexington
- Loudoun County
- Louisa County
- Lunenburg County
- Lynchburg
- Madison County
- Manassas
- Manassas Park
- Martinsville
- Mathews County
- Mecklenburg County
- Middlesex County
- Montgomery County
- Nelson County
- New Kent County
- Newport News
- Norfolk
- Northampton County
- Northumberland County
- Norton
- Nottoway County
- Orange County
- Page County
- Patrick County
- Petersburg
- Pittsylvania County
- Poquoson
- Portsmouth
- Powhatan County
- Prince Edward County
- Prince George County
- Prince William County
- Pulaski County
- Radford
- Rappahannock County
- Richmond County
- Richmond
- Roanoke County
- Roanoke
- Rockbridge County
- Rockingham County
- Russell County
- Salem
- Scott County
- Shenandoah County
- Smyth County
- Southampton County
- Spotsylvania County
- Stafford County
- Staunton
- Suffolk
- Surry County
- Sussex County
- Tazewell County
- Virginia Beach
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Waynesboro
- West Point
- Westmoreland County
- Williamsburg-James City County (James City County, Williamsburg)
- Winchester
- Wise County
- Wythe County
- York County
- Virtual Virginia