Work Session

The Board conducted a Work Session which included receiving presentations regarding an evaluation of the goals of public education (as required by the passage of HB 938 during the 2022 General Assembly Session).

• Agenda (Word)

• Implementing House Bill 938 from the 2022 Regular Session (PDF)

Note that HB 938 requires a review of the following:

• Promoting excellence in instruction and student achievement in mathematics;
• Expanding the Advanced Studies Diploma as an option for students in public high schools in the Commonwealth;
• Increasing the transparency of performance measures for public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth;
• Ensuring that performance measures for public elementary and secondary schools prioritize the attainment of grade-level proficiency and growth during the course of a school year and from school year to school year in reading and mathematics for all students, especially in grades kindergarten through five;
• Ensuring that the Commonwealth's proficiency standards on Standards of Learning assessments in reading and mathematics are maintained; and
• Ensuring a strong accreditation system that promotes meaningful accountability year-over-year.

The Virginia Board of Education (Board) is required to collaborate with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary of Education to convene stakeholders to evaluate and make recommendations on certain enumerated goals of public education. The results of the stakeholder evaluation and draft report will return to the Board during their October and/or November meetings for review and discussion.

Business Meeting

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 Superintendent of Schools (PDF)

Note that the list was adopted with one exception related to a superintendent candidate in Spotsylvania.  Consideration of that candidate was delayed to the Board’s September meeting. 

• Item B: Final Review of Financial Report on the Literary Fund and Updates to the First Priority Waiting List (PDF)

• Item C: Final Review of a Proposal to Adopt Special Provisions Regarding Accreditation Indicators (PDF)

• Item D: Final Review of Revisions to the Board’s Guidelines for the Use of Computer Science Courses to Satisfy Graduation Requirements (PDF)

• Item E: Final 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 F: Final Review of the Proposed 2022 Physical Education Standards of Learning Curriculum Framework (PDF)

• Item H: First Review of Proposed College Partnership Laboratory School Fund Planning Grant Guidelines (PDF)

 

Agenda Items Received for First Review

• Item G: First Review of the Proposed Revised 2022 History and Social Science Standards of Learning (PDF)
  • Item G - Presentation (PPT)
  • Item G - Attachment A (Word) (proposed standards)
  • Item G - Attachment A (PDF) (proposed standards)
  • Item G - Attachment B1 (PPT) (public comments)
  • Item G - Attachment B2 (PPT) (public comments)
  • Item G - Attachment B3 (PPT) (public comments)
  • Item G - Attachment B4 (PPT) (public comments)
  • Item G - Attachment B5 (PPT) (public comments)
  • Item G - Attachment B6 (PPT) (public comments)
  • Item G - Attachment B7 (PPT) (public comments)
  • Item G - Attachment B8 (PPT) (public comments)
  • Item G - Attachment B9 (PPT) (public comments)
  • Item G - Attachment B10 (PPT) (public comments)
  • Item G - Attachment B11 (PPT) (public comments)
  • Item G - Attachment B12 (PPT) (public comments)
  • Item G - Attachment B13 (PPT) (public comments)
  • Item G - Attachment B14 (PDF) (public comments)
  • Item G - Attachment B15 (PPT) (public comments)

Note that while the Board received a presentation on the new Standards, they chose to delay the scheduling of Community Information Sessions.

• Item I: First Review of Guidelines and Criteria for the Award and Distribution of Lab School Start-up and Per-Pupil Funding Grants (PDF)
• Item J: First Review of an Amendment to Virginia’s Consolidate State Plan under the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA) – Amendment 5
• Item J - Presentation (PDF)

 

Discussion of Current Issues – by Board of Education Members and Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Superintendent’s Update (PDF)

 

Additional information, including meeting video, can be found on the Virginia Department of Education’s website under August 17, 2022 at: https://www.doe.virginia.gov/boe/meetings/index.shtml