6/27/2013 10:38 am Date / Time filed with the Register of Regulations | VA.R. Document Number: R____-______ |
Virginia Register Publication Information
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Transmittal Sheet: Response to Petition for Rulemaking
Initial Agency Notice
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Agency Decision
Promulgating Board: | State Board of Education |
Regulatory Coordinator: | Mrs. Melissa Luchau (804)225-2924 Melissa.Luchau@doe.virginia.gov |
Agency Contact: | Melissa Luchau Director for Board Relations (804)225-2924 melissa.luchau@doe.virginia.gov |
Contact Address: | Department of Education 101 N. 14th Street 25th Floor Richmond, VA 23219 |
Chapter Affected: | |
8 vac 20 - 390: | Rules Governing Division Superintendent of Schools |
Statutory Authority: |
State: Federal: |
Date Petition Received | 03/15/2013 |
Petitioner | John Butcher |
8VAC20-390-80 provides:
\"It shall be the duty of the division superintendent to visit and inspect each school
in his division. He shall inquire into all matters relating to the management of the
school, the course of study, method of instruction, and use of textbooks, and shall
give particular attention to the conditions of the school buildings."
The petitioner requests the Board of Education to render its regulation enforceable
by amending 8VAC20-390-80 to append the following paragraph:
The division superintendent shall document each such visit, setting forth the date(s)
and time(s) of the required visits and detailing the results of his inquiries. The
resulting records shall be kept as public records, subject to inspection under the
Freedom of Information Act. The division superintendent shall forward each year's
records to the Department within thirty days after the close of the fiscal year.
Agency Plan
<span style="\"font-family:" \'cambria\',\'serif\';="" color:="" black;="" font-size:=""
11pt\"="">The agency has received the petitioner's request and will announce a 21-day
comment period, which will be published in the Register.
Publication Date | 04/08/2013 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
Comment End Date | 04/28/2013 |
Take no action
Agency Response Date | 06/27/2013 |
The Board of Education denies the petitioner's request to amend 8 VAC 20-390-80 to
add the following language: "The division superintendent shall document each such
visit, setting forth the date(s) and time(s) of the required visits and detailing
the results of his inquiries. The resulting records shall be kept as public records,
subject to inspection under the Freedom of Information Act. The division superintendent
shall forward each year's records to the Department within thirty days after the close
of the fiscal year."
Such additional requirements would create a burdensome new record-keeping mandate
on school divisions, when there is no evidence that this new mandate would advance
public education.