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Newport News Public Schools
Local Plan for the Education of the Gifted
Each school board must review and approve a comprehensive plan for the education of the
gifted. That plan must provide specific explanations of the school division’s implementation of the
Regulations Governing Educational Services for Gifted Students. School divisions, working in
conjunction with their school boards, should determine the appropriate time frame of applicability for
their division’s gifted plan. Historically, division plans span five years. For the technical review, the
DOE will request a division to send their most current, approved plan at the time of the review. The
applicable timeframe for the division’s plan does not need to correspond to the collection year of their
technical review. Information on the DOE technical review schedule can be found at the gifted
education homepage at the Virginia Department of Education’s Web site Gifted Ed Homepage -
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/gifted_ed/index.shtml
Section 8VAC20-40-60A of the Regulations states that, “Each school board shall submit a
comprehensive plan for the education of gifted students to the Department of Education (DOE) for
technical review on a schedule determined by the Department. Each school board shall approve a
comprehensive plan for the education of gifted students that includes the components identified in these
regulations.” To assist school divisions and school boards in complying with section 8VAC20-40-60A,
the Virginia Department of Education has created this template for developing Local Plans for the
Education of the Gifted (revised January 2011). This public document addresses all aspects of local
services for gifted students, including, but not limited to, the area(s) of giftedness the school division
will serve, an operational definition of giftedness in the division and its supporting identification
procedures, program services, professional development, curriculum development, and parent and
community involvement.
Each section of the plan should address specific procedures and information for each area of
giftedness identified by the school division. If a school division identifies students in general intellectual
aptitude (GIA) and specific academic aptitude-mathematics (SAA-M), then the section for referral
procedures, for example, should reflect the specific referral procedures for GIA and SAA-M.
Throughout the local plan template, school divisions may need to copy and paste the drop down boxes,
the insert text form fields, and any pertinent information for each area of giftedness identified by the
division. In order to be able to ‘choose an item’ from a drop down box, simply right click on the
highlighted ‘choose an item’ wording and the drop down arrow should appear on the right. Right
clicking on the arrow will then allow the drop down box choices to appear. If certain procedures or
policies apply to more than one area of giftedness, simply copy and paste the drop down selection box to
reflect all areas of giftedness that are applicable to the procedures or policy.
Once the completed comprehensive local plan for the education of gifted students has been
approved by the local school board, the plan shall be accessible to the public through the division’s
website. The division shall ensure that printed copies of the plan are available to citizens who do not
have online access.
For more information, contact the Virginia Department of Education specialist for Governor’s
Schools and Gifted Education at 804-225-2884.
Local Plan for the Education of the Gifted
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