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1998 SESSION

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HB 653 Educational Excellence Incentive Reward Program.

Introduced by: Alan A. Diamonstein | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Virginia Educational Excellence Incentive Reward Program. Establishes the Virginia Educational Excellence Incentive Reward Program and Fund to be administered by the Board of Education. The Fund shall be disbursed to award incentive grants to public schools meeting certain eligibility or performance criteria established by the Board and to support nonmonetary awards recognizing exemplary performance by teachers, administrators, and students at the regional and state levels.

The Board's criteria for making the incentive grants are to include annual performance benchmarks for individual public schools developed with the assistance of the relevant division superintendent. The criteria are to recognize exceptional and improved educational performance in public schools and may be based upon, but shall not be limited to, various school and pupil performance indicators, such as pupil academic performance; Standards of Learning test scores; student and teacher attendance rates; graduation rates, including minority graduation rates; and parental and community involvement. In establishing the criteria, the Board may consider school and division population information, such as the percentage of students speaking English as a second language, community education and income levels, local ability-to-pay for public education, and school- and division-wide enrollments. Grants are calculated on a per teacher basis and may be used for salary bonuses, professional development, school improvement funds, or other educational initiatives or expenses approved by the Board.

In addition, the Board is to establish within the Program a system of nonmonetary awards to recognize exemplary performance by teachers, administrators, and students in the public schools. Teachers, administrators, and students meeting performance criteria established by the Board are to be recognized annually at the regional and state level.

This measure is a recommendation of the HJR 196 Commission on the Future of Public Education.


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