§ 22.1-209.1:6. Pilot discretionary programs for certain students
With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the Board of Education shall establish a grants program for pilot discretionary programs for elementary and middle school students who are disruptive and who do not qualify for the alternative education programs established pursuant to § 22.1-209.1:2.
For the purposes of this section, "disruptive student" means a student whose behavior interrupts or obstructs the learning environment and results in two or more short-term suspensions or requires repeated intervention by school personnel.
The Board shall establish criteria for these pilot discretionary programs which shall require innovative approaches to resolving common disciplinary problems which occur among disruptive elementary and middle school students, such as nontraditional physical plants or locations or courses, family involvement and participation, and nontraditional attendance patterns. All such innovative approaches shall require, as a condition of enrollment, written agreements for parental involvement and participation in the programs.
The Board shall issue annually requests for proposals, in accordance with the appropriation act, for five such grants.
Local school boards may apply for these grants as provided in the Board's request for proposals. Applicants shall comply with the Board grant criteria; however, applicants may choose to include an interdisciplinary approach or a cooperative approach between the discretionary program and other local or state agencies and other programs or curricula within the relevant local school division or an adjacent school division. Grants may include requests for the innovative waiver provided in the Standards of Accreditation.
(1999, c. 446.)
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