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Newport News Public Schools
Part XII: Assurances (8VAC20-40-60A.6; A.7; A.8; A.9)
In accordance with the Regulations Governing Educational Services for Gifted Students, the
following assurance must be provided by the school division:
● Assurances that student records are maintained in compliance with applicable state and
federal privacy laws and regulations;
● Assurances that (i) the selected and administered testing and assessment materials have
been evaluated by the developers for cultural, racial, and linguistic biases; (ii) identification
procedures are constructed so that those procedures may identify high potential or aptitude in
any student whose accurate identification may be affected by economic disadvantages, by
limited English proficiency, or by disability; (iii) standardized tests and other measures have
been validated for the purpose of identifying gifted students; and (iv) instruments are
administered and interpreted by trained personnel in conformity with the developer’s
instructions;
● Assurances that accommodations or modifications determined by the school division’s
special education Individual Education Plan (IEP) team, as required for the student to receive
a free appropriate public education, shall be incorporated into the student’s gifted education
services; and
● Assurances that a written copy of the school division’s approved local plan for the
education of the gifted is available to parents or legal guardians of each referred student, and
to others upon request.
Pursuant to these requirements, I hereby certify that the school division is in compliance with
this language.
Division Superintendent’s Signature Printed Name Date
Local Plan for the Education of the Gifted
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