Virginia Board of Education Meeting Summary Information

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The following provides information regarding the Virginia Board of Education’s June 2022 regular Business meeting.

The Board took the following actions at their Thursday Business Meeting:

Approved Agenda Items

• Item A: Final Review of Guidelines for Practice Year 2 of the Early Childhood Unified Measurement and Improvement System (VQB5) (PDF)
• Item B: Final 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)
• Item C: Final Review of Nominations to Fill Vacancies on Board of Education Advisory Committees (PDF)
• Item D: Final Review to Certify a List of Qualified Persons for the Office of Division Superintendent of Schools (PDF)
• Item E: Final Review of Exempt Action to Update 8VAC20-490-30’s Length of School Day Requirement (PDF)
• Item F: Final Review of Exempt Action to Comport 8VAC20-23-100 with Chapter 546 of the 2022 Acts of the Assembly (PDF) – note: regards licensure reciprocity for spouses of reserve members of the Armed Forces of the United States
• Item G:First Review of Recommended Cut Scores for the New Virginia Alternate Assessment Program (VAAP) Tests in Mathematics, Reading, and Science
• Item K: First Review of the Revision of the Career and Technical High–Quality Work-Based Learning (HQWBL) Guide (PDF)
• • Item K: Attachment A (Word)
  • Item K: Attachment B (Word)
• Item N:First Review of Revisions to the Licensure Regulations for School Personnel to Establish an Economics and Personal Finance Add-on Endorsement (final stage) (PDF)
• Item O: First Review of Revisions to the Licensure Regulations for School Personnel to Establish a Dual Language Endorsement and Add-on Endorsement (final stage) (PDF)
• Item P: First Review of Revisions to the Regulations Governing the Review and Approval of Education Programs in Virginia to Establish Dual Language and Economics and Personal Finance Endorsements (final stage) (PDF)
• Item Q: First Review of the Revisions to the Licensure Regulations for School Personnel and Regulations Governing the Review and Approval of Education Programs in Virginia to Comport with Federal Guidelines Related to Accredited Institutions of Higher Education (fast-track) (PDF)

• Item H: First Review of a Proposal to Adopt Special Provisions Regarding Accreditation Indicators (PDF) – note: impacts the Virginia Alternate Assessment Program (VAAP) and the College, Career, and Civic Readiness Index (CCCRI)
  • Item H: Presentation Attachment A
• Item I: First Review of Revisions to the Board’s Guidelines for the Use of Computer Science Courses to Satisfy Graduation Requirements (PDF)
• Item J: First Review of Updates to the Board-Approved Courses to Satisfy Graduation Requirements for the Standard, Advanced Studies, and Modified Standard Diplomas in Virginia Public Schools (PDF)
• Item L: First Review of the Proposed 2022 Physical Education Standards of Learning Curriculum Framework (PDF)
• Item M: First Review of Guidelines for Policies on Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention in Student-Athletes (PDF)

Presentations and Reports

• Item R: Annual Report and Presentation from the State Special Education Advisory Committee (PDF)
• Item S: Update on the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Critical Shortage Teaching Endorsement Areas for the 2022-2023 School year (PDF)
• Superintendent’s Update (PDF)
• Final Legislative Report from the 2022 General Assembly (Word)

Additional information, including meeting video, can be found on the Virginia Department of Education’s website under June 15, 2022 at: https://www.doe.virginia.gov/boe/meetings/index.shtml