23-299.2 - Establishment and operation of college partnership laboratory schools; requirements.
§ 23-299.2. Establishment and operation of college partnership laboratoryschools; requirements.
A. A college partnership laboratory school shall be subject to all federaland state laws and regulations and constitutional provisions prohibitingdiscrimination on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, gender,national origin, religion, ancestry, or need for special education services.
Enrollment shall be open to any child who is deemed to reside within theCommonwealth through a lottery process on a space-available basis. A waitinglist shall be established if adequate space is not available to accommodateall students whose parents have requested to be entered in the lotteryprocess. Such waiting list shall also be prioritized through a lotteryprocess and parents shall be informed of their student's position on the list.
B. A college partnership laboratory school shall be administered and managedby a governing board. Pursuant to a contract and as specified in § 23-299.3,a college partnership laboratory school shall be subject to the requirementsof the Standards of Quality, including the Standards of Learning and theStandards of Accreditation, and such regulations as determined by the Boardof Education.
C. Pursuant to a college partnership laboratory school agreement, a collegepartnership laboratory school shall be responsible for its own operations,including, but not limited to, such budget preparation, contracts forservices, and personnel matters as are specified in the agreement. A collegepartnership laboratory school may negotiate and contract with a school board,the governing body of a public institution of higher education, or any thirdparty for the use of a school building and grounds, the operation andmaintenance thereof, and the provision of any service, activity, orundertaking that the college partnership laboratory school is required toperform in order to carry out the educational program described in itscontract. Any services for which a college partnership laboratory schoolcontracts with a school board or institution of higher education shall notexceed the school division's or institution's costs to provide such services.
D. A college partnership laboratory school shall not charge tuition.
E. An approved college partnership laboratory school shall be designated as alocal education agency, but shall not constitute a school division.
F. College partnership laboratory schools are encouraged to developcollaborative partnerships with public school divisions for the purpose ofbuilding seamless education opportunities for all Virginia students, frompreschool to postsecondary education.
(2010, cc. 816, 871.)