Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Education
 
Board
State Board of Education
 
chapter
Rules Governing Division Superintendent of Schools [8 VAC 20 ‑ 390]
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4/19/13  4:47 pm
Commenter: Dr. Elizabeth Leffel, Chairman, Clarke County Public Schools

Opposition to Petition to Change Rules Governing Superintendent of Schools
 

The Clarke County School Board opposes the petitioner’s request to change the wording of 8VA20-390-80.  No revision should be made to the current language of the regulation.  Local school boards, not the Commonwealth of Virginia, should determine if and when the Superintendent should engage in detailed documentation of his or her fulfillment of the duties described in the regulation. Our Superintendent is accountable to our local school board for such activity.  As such, we also oppose the petitioner’s request that our Superintendent forward any record of such activity to the Virginia Department of Education.   The petition seeks an unnecessary expansion in the role of state government.  We request that the Virginia Board of Education reject the petitioner’s request.

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