Virginia Board of Education Meeting Summary Information

FCPS Office of Government Relations

The following provides information regarding the Virginia Board of Education’s September 2022 meetings, which included both a Board Work Session as well as their regular Business Meeting.

The Board conducted a Work Session which included presentations on the process to review and revise History and Social Science Standards of Learning, an overview of Virginia’s Accreditation system, and a report on annual pass rates for Virginia’s state assessments.

• Agenda (Word)
• Update on the Process to Review and Revise the History and Social Science Standards of Learning (PPT)
• An Overview of Virginia's School Accreditation Model (PPT)
• Annual Pass Rates for Virginia's State Assessments (PDF)
• Annual Pass Rates for Virginia's State Assessments Presentation (PPT)

 

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)

• Item B: First Review of Guidelines and Criteria for the Award and Distribution of Lab School Start-up and Per-Pupil Funding Grants (PDF)

• Item C: First Review of an Amendment to Virginia’s Consolidate State Plan under the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA) – Amendment 5 (PDF)
  • Item C: Presentation (PPT)

• Item D: Final Review of Guidelines for Policies on Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention in Student-Athletes (PDF)

• Item E: Final Review of Revisions to the Child Care Program Regulations (8VAC20-790) to Comply with Requirements of the 2023-2024 Appropriations Act (Exempt Action) (PDF)

• Item H: First Review of Guidelines for Implementing New Appropriation Act Provisions for Literary Fund School Construction Loans for the 2022-2024 Biennium (PDF)

 

Agenda Items Received for First Review

• Item F: First Review of Comprehensive Revisions to the General Procedures and Information for Licensure, and Background Checks for Child Day Programs and Family Day Systems (Proposed Stage) (PDF)

• Item G: First Review of Proposed Addition to Board Guidance on the Applied Studies Diploma (PDF)
  • Item G: Presentation  (PPT)

• Item J: First Review of Proposed Technical Revisions to the Bylaws of the Virginia Board of Education to Comply with Statutory Changes (PDF)
  • Item J: Attachment A (Word)
• ​​​Item K: First Review of the Proposed 2023 Board of Education Meeting Dates (PDF)

 

Presentations

• Item L: Update on Data Trends Used to Inform Virginia’s Strategic Plans for Educator Recruitment and Retention (PDF)
  • Item L: Presentation (PPT)

 

Additional information, including meeting video, can be found on the Virginia Department of Education’s website under September 14 and September 15, 2022 at: https://www.doe.virginia.gov/boe/meetings/index.shtml