Virginia Board of Education Meeting Summary - April 2022
April 20-21, 2022
Virginia Board of Education Meeting Summary Information
FCPS Office of Government Relations
The following provides information regarding the Virginia Board of Education’s April 2022 meetings, which included both a Board Work Session as well as their regular Business Meeting.
Work Session - April 20, 2022
The Board conducted a Work Session which included receiving presentations regarding virtual learning, the use of chronic absenteeism as an accreditation indicator, early childhood classroom quality, and the new Virginia Alternative Assessment Program.
The following includes links to each presentation that was provided to the Board.
- Virtual Learning Research Brief (Word)
- Overview of Virtual Virginia (PPT)
- Special Provision for Chronic Absenteeism Cover Page (Word)
- Special Provision for Chronic Absenteeism Presentation (PPT)
- Strengthening Quality - Update on Practice Year 1 Cover Page (Word)
- Strengthening Quality - Update on Practice Year 1 Presentation (PPT)
- New VAAP and Process to Establish Cut Scores Cover Page (Word)
- New VAAP and Process to Establish Cut Scores Presentation (PPT)
Business Meeting - April 21, 2022
The Board took the following actions at their Thursday Business Meeting:
Approved Agenda Items
- Item A: Final Review to Certify a List of Qualified Persons for the Office of Division Superintendents of Schools (PDF)
- Item B: Final Review of Quarterly Literary Fund Report (PDF)
- Item C: Final Review of the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure’s Recommendation for a Passing Score for the Praxis® Reading Specialist (5302) Test (PDF)
- Item D: Final Review of the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure’s Recommendation for a Passing Score for the Praxis® Teaching Reading: Elementary (5205) Test (PDF)
- Item E: Final Review of Amendments to the Licensure Regulations for School Personnel to Comport with American Sign Language National Certifications (Fast-Track Action) (PDF)
- Item F: Final Review of Alternative Accreditation Plans (PDF)
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- Item F – Attachments B-H (PDF)
Note that this item includes a request for the Board to approve Alternative Accreditation Plans from the following Fairfax County Public Schools: Kilmer Center School, Fairfax County Adult High School, Key Center School, Mountain; View High School, and Bryant High School
- Item G: Final Review of Data Science Standards of Learning and Data Science Standards of Learning Curriculum Framework (PDF)
- Item H: Final Review of Exempt Action to Align the Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia with Chapter 552 of the 2020 Acts of the Assembly (PDF)
- Item I: Final Review of Fast-Track Action to Align the Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia with Chapter 26 of the 2021 Acts of the Assembly (PDF)
- Item J: First Review of a Proposal to Adopt Special Provisions Regarding the Use of the Chronic Absenteeism Indicator for Accreditation Year 2022-2023 (PDF)
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- Item J – Presentation (PPT)
- Item M: First Review of Revisions to the List of 2022-2023 Board of Education Approved Industry Credentials, Occupational Competency Assessments, and Professional Licenses (PDF)
- Item N: First Review of Recommendations to Approve New Education (Endorsement) Programs at Institutions of Higher Education (PDF)
- Item O: First Review of Recommendations for School Division of Innovation (SDI) Designation (PDF)
Agenda Items Received for First Review
- Item K: First Review of Guidelines for Practice Year 2 of the Early Childhood Unified Measurement and Improvement System (VQB5) (PDF)
- Item K – Presentation (PPT)
- Item L: First Review of Amendments to the Licensure Regulations for School Personnel (8VAC20-23) to Include New Statutory Requirements for Initial Licensure and Renewal of a License (PDF)
Additional information, including meeting video, can be found on the Virginia Department of Education’s website under April 20 and April 21, 2022 at: https://www.doe.virginia.gov/boe/meetings/index.shtml