The Quest Advisory Committee for the Charlottesville City Schools recommends the following changes to the proposed revisions.

8VAC20-40-20. Definitions

Paragraph 4, Number 2: Specific Academic Aptitudes

•    Change  …selected academic areas that include English, history and social science, mathematics, and science: to  …selected academic areas as defined by one or more of the following: English/ language arts, mathematics, history/social science, or science.

Paragraph 4, Number 3: Career and Technical Aptitude

•    Change  …advanced use of language to: …advanced use of technical language

Identification” Paragraph

•    Change  …finding students who are eligible for the division’s gifted education program: to  …finding students who are eligible for service options offered through the division’s gifted education program.

•    Change  …identification and placement committee to: …identification and placement committee(s)

“Referral” Paragraph

•     Change  …parents, teachers, professionals, or students to: …parents/guardians, teachers, professionals, students, peers, self, or others

“Screening” Paragraph

•     Change 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, and information from other sources. Screening is the active search for students who are then referred for the formal identification process.

“Service options” Paragraph

•     Change …the delivery of appropriate programs provided to eligible students to: …the delivery of appropriate service or services provided to eligible students

8VAC20-40-40. Screening, referral, identification, and placement.

Paragraph A

•    Change …procedures for identification and service in, at a minimum, English, history and social science, mathematics, and science to: …procedures for identification and service in one or more of the following: English/ language arts, mathematics, history/social science, or science.

•     Change …visual and performing arts aptitude to: …visual or performing arts aptitude

Paragraph C

•     Change …referrals from school personnel, parents or legal guardians, or other persons of related expertise, as well as peer or self referral to: …referrals from parents/guardians, teachers, professionals, students, peers, self, or others

Paragraph D, Number 2

•    Change …the school division’s gifted education program to: …the school division’s gifted education services

•     Change …shall be offered programs or courses to: …shall be offered service options

Paragraph 4

•    Change …designed to address general intellectual aptitude or specific academic aptitude to: … designed to address general intellectual aptitude

•    Change …norm-referenced aptitude test to: …nationally norm-referenced aptitude test

Paragraph D, Number 5

Change to: If a program is designed to address specific academic aptitude, an individually administered or group?administered, nationally norm?referenced aptitude or achievement test shall be included as one of the three measures used in the school division’s identification procedure.

Paragraph D, Add a new Number 6 (from the old paragraph 5):

If a program is designed to address either the visual or performing arts or career and technical aptitude, a portfolio or other performance assessment measure in the specific aptitude area shall be included as part of the data reviewed by the identification and placement committee. (From the old paragraph 5)

Paragraph E

•    Change …Within 60 business days of the receipt of a referral to: …Within 90 instructional days beginning with the receipt of parent/guardian consent for assessment

•    Change …offered placement in a classroom or program setting to: … offered placement in an instructional setting

8VAC20-40-55. Parental rights for notification, consent, and appeal.

Paragraph B

•    Change …within 10 business days to: …within 10 instructional days

Paragraph B, Number 1

•    Change …in writing within 10 business days to: …in writing within 10 instructional days

8VAC20-40-60. Local plan, local advisory committee, and annual report.

Paragraph A

•    Remove: …review and approve annually a comprehensive plan…

•     Reinstate: Each school division shall submit to the Department of Education for approval a five-year plan for the education of gifted students…

•    Make it a five-year local plan as is currently required.

Paragraph A, Number 3

•    Change …visual and performing arts aptitude to: …visual or performing arts aptitude

Paragraph A, Number 10

•    Change …gifted student’s intellectual and academic growth to: …gifted student’s academic growth

Paragraph A, Number 11

•    Change … school division’s program of differentiated curriculum and instruction demonstrating accelerated and advanced content within programs or courses to: …school division’s differentiated curriculum and instruction demonstrating accelerated and advanced content

Paragraph A, Number 14

•    Change…annual evaluation to: annual review

•    Remove/delete: …including review of student outcomes and the intellectual and academic growth of gifted students.

•    Change…Such evaluation shall be based on multiple criteria and shall include multiple sources of information for gifted students to: …Such review shall be based on multiple criteria and shall include multiple sources of information,

8VAC20-40-70. Funding.

Paragraph 1

•    Reinstate the following statement:  “State funds administered by the Department of Education for the education of gifted students shall be used to support only those activities identified in the school division's plan as approved by the Board of Education.”