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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Then Virginia decided to change its testing standards in a way that assessment people determine would torpedo Lee. Do they admit defeat? No.

By doing what? What bill was passed that changed the law?[/quote]

DP.  It looks like this was the bill, but it then took several years before the VGLA was phased out.

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+CHAP0076

I understand PP to be stating that FCPS can't avail of the VGLA any longer with respect to ESOL students at Lee, and that the ESOL transitional students at Lee may threaten the school's accreditation at some point.

Turning Lee into a regional IB school would get around the accreditation issue, but likely require other Lee students to be redistricted to West Springfield, Annandale, etc.   [/quote]'

[i]The superintendent and the school board chairman shall certify to the Board of Education, as a part of certifying compliance with the Standards of Quality, that there is a justification in the Individual Education Program for every student who takes the Virginia Grade Level Alternative.[/i]

FCPS couldn't provide justification for the VGLA? There's nothing in this bill that eliminates the VGLA. It just requires a student justification. [/quote]

The legislature said the VDOE should phase out the VGLA and it has now done so. That wasn’t FCPS’s decision to make. [/quote]

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