Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 9, December 18, 2023
A. Each school shall promote communication
and foster mutual understanding with parents and the community. Each school
shall:
1. Involve parents, citizens,
community agencies, and representatives from business and industry in
developing, disseminating, and explaining the biennial school plan; on advisory
committees; in curriculum studies; and in evaluating the educational
program.
2. Provide annually to the
parents and the community the School Quality Profile in a manner prescribed by
the board. The School Quality Profile shall include designated information for
the most recent three-year period. Such information shall be designated by the
board to include indicators of the following: accountability, assessments,
enrollment and demographics, college and career readiness, finance, learning
environment, and teacher quality. Specific indicators shall include:
a. Virginia Assessment Program results by
percentage of participation and proficiency and disaggregated by student
reporting groups.
b. Accreditation
status.
c. Attendance and
absenteeism for students.
d.
Information related to school safety to include incidents of crime and
violence.
e. Information related to
qualifications and educational attainment of the teaching staff.
f. In addition, secondary schools' School
Quality Profiles shall include the following:
(1) Advanced Placement (AP) information to
include percentage of students who take AP courses and percentage of students
who take AP tests;
(2)
International Baccalaureate (IB) and Cambridge course information to include
percentage of students who are enrolled in IB or Cambridge programs and
percentage of students who receive IB or Cambridge Diplomas;
(3) College-level course information to
include percentage of students who take college-level courses including dual
enrollment courses;
(4) Number and
percentage of (i) graduates by diploma type as prescribed by the board, (ii)
certificates awarded to the senior class including high school equivalency
preparation program credentials approved by the board, and (iii) students who
do not complete high school;
(5) As
a separate category on the School Quality Profile, the number of students
obtaining board-approved industry certifications and passing state licensure
examinations, national occupational competency assessments and Virginia
workplace readiness skills assessments while still in high school and the
number of career and technical education completers who graduated;
and
(6) Number and percentage of
dropouts.
3.
Cooperate with business and industry in formulating career and technical
educational programs and conducting joint enterprises involving personnel,
facilities, training programs, and other resources.
4. Encourage and support the establishment or
continuation of a parent-teacher association or other organization and work
cooperatively with it.
B. At the beginning of each school year, each
school shall provide to its students' parents or guardians information on the
availability of and source for receiving:
1.
The learning objectives developed in accordance with the provisions of
8VAC20-131-70 to be achieved at
their child's grade level or, in high school, a copy of the syllabus for each
of their child's courses, and a copy of the school division promotion,
retention, and remediation policies;
2. The Standards of Learning applicable to
the child's grade or course requirements and the approximate date and potential
impact of the child's next SOL testing; and
3. An annual notice to students in all grade
levels of all requirements for Standard Diploma and Advanced Studies Diploma,
and the board's policies on promotion and retention as outlined in
8VAC20-131-30.
The division superintendent shall report to the department
compliance with this subsection as required by 8VAC20-131-390
A.
Derived from Virginia
Register Volume 14, Issue 1, eff. October 29, 1997; amended, Virginia Register
Volume 16, Issue 25, eff. September 28, 2000; Volume 22, Issue 24, eff.
September 7, 2006; Volume 25, Issue 21, eff. July 31, 2009; Volume 27, Issue
24, eff. August 31, 2011; Amended,
Virginia
Register Volume 31, Issue 05, eff. 12/3/2014; Amended,
Virginia
Register Volume 31, Issue 26, eff. 10/8/2015; Amended
Virginia
Register Volume 34, Issue 8, eff.
1/11/2018.
Statutory Authority: §§
22.1-16 and
22.1-253.13:3 of the Code of
Virginia.
