A. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: “At-risk student” means a student having a physical, emotional, intellectual, socioeconomic, or cultural risk factor, as defined in Board criteria, that research indicates may negatively influence educational success. “College partnership laboratory school” means a public, nonsectarian, nonreligious school in the Commonwealth established […]
A. Each college partnership laboratory school shall receive such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly in accordance with the general appropriation act. B. The governing board of a college partnership laboratory school may accept gifts, donations, or grants of any kind and spend such funds in accordance with the conditions prescribed by […]
A college partnership laboratory school is immune from liability to the same extent as is the public institution of higher education that establishes the school, and the employees and volunteers in a college partnership laboratory school are immune from liability to the same extent as are the employees of the institution of higher education that […]
There is created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the College Partnership Laboratory School Fund, referred to in this section as “the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All funds appropriated in accordance with the general appropriation act and any gifts, grants, bequests, […]
A. A college partnership laboratory school is subject to all federal and state laws and regulations and constitutional provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, ancestry, or need for special education services. B. Enrollment in college partnership laboratory schools shall be open through […]
A. The contract between the college partnership laboratory school and the Board shall reflect all agreements regarding the release of the college partnership laboratory school from state regulations, consistent with the requirements of subsection C of § 22.1-349.3. If the college partnership laboratory school application proposes a program to increase the educational opportunities for at-risk […]
A. Any public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education that has a teacher education program approved by the Board may submit an application for formation of a college partnership laboratory school. B. Each college partnership laboratory school application shall provide or describe thoroughly all of the following essential elements of the […]
A. The Board shall establish procedures for receiving, reviewing, and ruling upon applications and shall make a copy of any such procedures available to all interested parties upon request. If the Board finds that the application is incomplete, the Board shall request the necessary additional information from the applicant. The Board’s review procedures shall establish […]
The decision of the Board to grant or deny a college partnership laboratory school application or to revoke or fail to renew an agreement is final and is not subject to appeal. 2010, cc. 816, 871, § 23-299.6; 2016, c. 588.
A. A college partnership laboratory school may be approved or renewed for a period not to exceed five school years. A college partnership laboratory school renewal application submitted to the Board shall contain: 1. A report on the progress of the school in achieving the goals, objectives, program and performance standards for students, and such […]
A. College partnership laboratory school personnel are employees of the institution of higher education that establishes the school. B. Teachers who work in a college partnership laboratory school shall hold a license issued by the Board or, in the case of an instructor in the Board-approved teacher education program of the institution of higher education, […]
