Virginia Code 22.1-212.31: Board regulations; application; expectations
The Board shall establish in regulations promulgated pursuant to § 22.1-212.29 expectations for the plan of innovation of an SDI applicant, including:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 22.1-212.31
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Innovation: means a new or creative alternative to existing instructional or administrative practices or school structures that evidence-based practice suggests will be effective in improving student learning and educational performance. See Virginia Code 22.1-212.28
- parents: means any parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other person having control or charge of a child. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
- Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
- SDI: means a school division in which the local school board has developed and for which the Board has approved pursuant to regulations as set forth in this article a plan of innovation to improve student learning; educational performance; and college, career, and citizenship readiness skills in each school in the local school division. See Virginia Code 22.1-212.28
1. Establishing goals and performance targets that may include:
a. Reducing achievement and opportunity gaps among groups of public school students by expanding the range of engaging and relevant learning experiences for students who are identified as academically low-achieving;
b. Increasing student learning through the implementation of high, rigorous standards for student performance and balanced assessments that measure both student growth and achievement;
c. Creating opportunities for students to demonstrate mastery of learning at different points in the learning process based on readiness;
d. Increasing student participation in opportunities that enhance students’ preparation for college, career, and citizenship;
e. Increasing the number of students who are college, career, and citizenship ready;
f. Increasing opportunities for students to learn from content experts through integrated course opportunities; and
g. Motivating students at all levels by offering additional curricular choices, personalized learning opportunities, and relevant student learning experiences such as community service projects, internship opportunities, and job shadowing.
2. Identifying divisionwide and school-level policies that will lead students to be better prepared for success in work and life.
3. Describing the ways in which all schools will incorporate innovative practices.
4. Incorporating relevant professional development.
5. Providing evidence of collaboration, support, and shared leadership among teachers in the school division.
6. Providing evidence of the support and engagement of educators, parents, the local community, and the local business community in the development of the plan of innovation and of the capacity of such individuals and entities to support the implementation of innovation.
7. Providing the rationale for requests for waivers from regulatory and statutory provisions.
8. Identifying specific measures of student success that may include alternate assessments or approved substitute tests that will be used to determine if students have met graduation requirements, as applicable.
2017, c. 760.