Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Education
 
Board
State Board of Education
 
chapter
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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9/26/08  6:40 am
Commenter: Biff Beers, parent of gifted student

Please do not adopt the proposed changes
 

By removing some requirements regarding education of gifted students, I fear that more and more resources will flow to meeting the minimum requirements of No Child Left Behind. If public schools are allowed to ignore gifted students, the gifted students will go away. Parents who can afford private schools will increasingly choose to take their gifted children out of public schools. Parents who cannot afford private schools will risk seeing their gifted children underachieve and eventually drop out.

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