Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 131 - REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN VIRGINIA › Part VII - School and Community Communication › Section 8VAC20-131-270 - School and community communications

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Each school shall promote communication
				  and foster mutual understanding with parents and the community. Each school
				  shall:
1. Involve parents, citizens,
				  community agencies, and representatives from business and industry in
				  developing, disseminating, and explaining the biennial school plan; on advisory
				  committees; in curriculum studies; and in evaluating the educational
				  program.
2. Provide annually to the
				  parents and the community the School Quality Profile in a manner prescribed by
				  the board. The School Quality Profile shall include designated information for
				  the most recent three-year period. Such information shall be designated by the
				  board to include indicators of the following: accountability, assessments,
				  enrollment and demographics, college and career readiness, finance, learning
				  environment, and teacher quality. Specific indicators shall include:
a. Virginia Assessment Program results by
				  percentage of participation and proficiency and disaggregated by student
				  reporting groups.
b. Accreditation
				  status.
c. Attendance and
				  absenteeism for students.
d.
				  Information related to school safety to include incidents of crime and
				  violence.
e. Information related to
				  qualifications and educational attainment of the teaching staff.
f. In addition, secondary schools' School
				  Quality Profiles shall include the following:
(1) Advanced Placement (AP) information to
				  include percentage of students who take AP courses and percentage of students
				  who take AP tests;
(2)
				  International Baccalaureate (IB) and Cambridge course information to include
				  percentage of students who are enrolled in IB or Cambridge programs and
				  percentage of students who receive IB or Cambridge Diplomas;
(3) College-level course information to
				  include percentage of students who take college-level courses including dual
				  enrollment courses;
(4) Number and
				  percentage of (i) graduates by diploma type as prescribed by the board, (ii)
				  certificates awarded to the senior class including high school equivalency
				  preparation program credentials approved by the board, and (iii) students who
				  do not complete high school;
(5) As
				  a separate category on the School Quality Profile, the number of students
				  obtaining board-approved industry certifications and passing state licensure
				  examinations, national occupational competency assessments and Virginia
				  workplace readiness skills assessments while still in high school and the
				  number of career and technical education completers who graduated;
				  and
(6) Number and percentage of
				  dropouts.
3.
				  Cooperate with business and industry in formulating career and technical
				  educational programs and conducting joint enterprises involving personnel,
				  facilities, training programs, and other resources.
4. Encourage and support the establishment or
				  continuation of a parent-teacher association or other organization and work
				  cooperatively with it.