Community Advisory Committee for Gifted Education 7-21.4

School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Regulation 7-21.4

COMMUNITY RELATIONS

Community Advisory Committee for Gifted Education

1. Establishment of Committee

   A Community Advisory Committee for Gifted Education shall be established by the Superintendent on behalf of the School Board as mandated in the legal reference to this Policy. The Superintendent or designee shall ensure that the Committee complies with state law and regulation. The Committee will have the authority to establish bylaws in accordance with applicable law and regulation and consistent with School Board policy and regulation.

2. Membership on Committee

   The School Board shall appoint citizen and agency members to the Committee in accordance with applicable School Board policy and regulation and state law and regulation. The Superintendent or designee will appoint School Division staff members as required on the Committee and will designate staff to assist the work of the Committee. The Superintendent or designee retains the authority to remove staff members and staff members will have no right to appeal such removal.

3. Duties and Responsibilities of the Committee

   The Committee shall have the duties and responsibilities set forth below.

   1. The Committee will review annually the local plan for the education of gifted students, including revisions;
   2. The Committee will determine the extent to which the plan for the previous year was implemented; and
   3. The Committee's findings of the annual program effectiveness and the recommendations of the Committee shall be submitted annually in writing to the Superintendent and the School Board.

Editor's Note

For School Board Policy on gifted and talented students see School Board Policy 6-31.

Legal Reference

Code of Virginia § 22.1-253.13:1, as amended. Standard 1. Instructional programs supporting the Standards of Learning and other educational objectives.

Code of Virginia § 22.1-18.1, as amended. Annual report on gifted education required; local advisory committee on gifted education.

Virginia Department of Education Regulations Governing Educational Services for Gifted Students, 8 VAC 20-40-60, as amended.

Related Links

School Board Policy 6-31

Adopted by School Board: October 20, 1992
Amended by School Board: May 20, 1997
Amended by School Board: November 7, 2000
Amended by School Board: May 9, 2006
Scrivener's Amendments: May 23, 2014
Adopted by Superintendent: March 9, 2018