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Department of Education

State Board of Education

Regulations Governing Educational Services for Gifted Students [8 VAC 20 ‑ 40]

Action	Revision of regulations school divisions must meet in their gifted education programs, K - 12
Stage	Proposed
Comment Period	Ended on 9/26/2008

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9/20/08 10:12 am

Commenter: Gajanan Joshi

DO not adopt proposed regulations

I strongly support the recommendations made by the Henrico County's GAC commite and

request the DOE not to adopt proposed regulation changes to the gifted education plan, as

it would take the gifted education in VA state backwards.

I strongly believe that DOE approval of local gifted plans is essential to maintaining quality

-gifted programs statewide. State approval also reassures parents andgifted students that

their local school system is providing the excellence that they expect.

I also concur with the GAC's request that the definition be changed to: “Screening is the

annual process of creating a pool for potential candidates K-12 using multiple criteria

through the referral process, review of current assessment data, or information from other

sources. Screening is the active search for students who are then referred for the formal

identification process.”

Screening, referral, identification, and placement::

I also strongly support the GAC's request that the language in this section be revised to

read: “one or more of the following: English/Language Arts, mathematics, history/social

science, or science.” The DOE’s proposed revision of this section requires identification in

ALL of these areas. The DOE’s use of “and” rather than “or” can easily be interpreted to

mean that students must be identified as gifted in every subject area, or else they are not

identified as gifted in any of them.

Sincerely,

Gajanan Joshi, Ph. D.

Chairman,

The Gifted Advisory Council Henrico County

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