                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM DATA (§ 22.1-277.2:2)

The Department of Education shall annually collect from each school board and
publish on its website data on alternative education programs for students who
have been suspended, expelled, or otherwise precluded from attendance at school.
Such data shall (i) be published in a manner that protects the identities of
individual students; (ii) be disaggregated by local school division and by
student race, ethnicity, gender, and disability; and (iii) include:

1. The number of students enrolled in alternative education programs pursuant to
each of the five clauses set forth in subsection A of &#xA7; 22.1-277.2:1;

2. The number of students enrolled in alternative education programs who have
received (i) a short-term suspension, (ii) a long-term suspension, or (iii) an
expulsion;

3. The current availability of various categories of alternative education
programs available to all students and not solely special education students,
including full-day programs with on-site, in-school teacher instruction;
full-day programs with off-site, out-of-school teacher instruction; primarily
virtual instruction; home-based or home-bound instruction; partial-day
instruction; and any other category that the Department of Education may
identify;

4. The average length of enrollment in an alternative education program per
program during each school year;

5. The number of students who transition within the same school year from an
alternative education program back into the school at which they were enrolled
immediately preceding enrollment in the alternative education program; and

6. Relevant student achievement data, as determined by the Department of
Education.

HISTORY: 2019, cc. 123, 232.