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| '''Headquarters''' || Viskonsin Hall<br>[[Kartika]], [[District of Coīnvra]]
|preceding1          = Education Office
|jurisdiction        = [[Verona|Commonwealth of Verona]]
|headquarters        = DOE Headquarters<br />600 Palmetto Pkwy, [[Aurimá]], [[Verona|VA]] 33001
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|employees            = 5,174
|budget              = $87.4 billion
|chief1_name          = Gabriel Figueiredo
|chief1_position      = Superintendent of Education
|parent_agency        = [[Verona|Verona Education Secretary]]
|website              = [https://doe.verona.gov/ Official Website]
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The '''Verona Department of Education''' ({{lang-cd|Verona Departamento de Educação}}; '''VDOE''') is a branch of the [[Government of Verona|state government]] of [[Verona]] in [[Cartadania]] responsible for the regulation of public education. The agency is headquartered in Verona Frond Six Building in the state capital, [[Aurimá]], along with various other branches and offices of the state government. Formed in 1906 to centralize the state's education system and authority, the Verona Department of Education has the largest education responsibility in the country, second only to the federal equivalent. It apportions funds and sets standards for the education of it's 12.1 million students, a figure larger than the population of twenty-five individual states, and the eight smallest states combined.
 
Gabriel Figueiredo, a member of the [[Jupiter Independent School District]]'s board of trustees, was appointed Superintendent of Education by [[Governor of Verona|Verona Governor]] Alícia Rosa on 8 February 2026.
 
== History ==
The Department of Education was established on 3 September 1906 following the need for a centralized educational authority. Prior to the creation of the department, education was overseen by county education boards or multi-county organizations. The government conducted a survey of needs throughout the commonwealth and set out to develop a set goal and basic curriculum that each school district was required to follow. This survey resulted in the creation of the department to be responsible for maintaining these objectives and the office of Superintendent of Education was created, with the superintendent being an official appointed by the Governor.
 
In 1938, the Commonwealth Board of Education was merged into the Department of Education. Together, they introduced a precursor to the legislative bill that would separate school districts from the county and city governments. They also sought to solve the issue of ghost districts, those with no enrollment or active schools. Prior to the late 1940s, many school districts in Verona did not operate schools but spent money to send children to schools operated by other districts. In the late 1940s state lawmakers passed another bill abolishing those districts, prompting a wave of mass school district consolidation.
 
In 1956, the General Assembly authorized the creation of the University System of Verona, a multi-system organization that encompasses the four-system schools throughout the state. It serves as a regulatory authority and reports directly to the state and, though sometimes thought of as a part of the Department of Education, it is a distinct and separate sister entity.
 
In 1961, the Verona Department of Education, in conjunction with the Commonwealth Revenue Board and General Assembly, granted school districts the power to tax residents. Prior to this, Verona school districts were allocated funding from the localities they served. The new configuration removed the municipalities' oversight of funding and use, giving the school districts more control. In spite of this, Verona school districts still receive the bulk of funding from the state directly and from the federal Department of Education.
 
In 2002, the Verona education system underwent a major revision, known as the Verona Instructional System Alignment (VISA), that restructured the grading system, instructional timeframe, curricula, and pipeline for primary and secondary education. The changes went into effect on 3 January 2002, in preparation for school systems to migrate to this model when school begins (typically the third monday in January), but were authorized in January 2000. Alongside VISA was the Verona Post-Secondary Alignment (VAPSA), which only established a system by which schools can admit students on an academic basis and simultaneously eliminated the cost of attendance for baccalaureate programs, the cost of which shifted to a tax-funded model with funding from the federal government. VAPSA also reinstated the mandatory requirement that all teachers have a masters degree, which is now funded by the state as well.
 
== Duties ==
The Verona Department of Education is responsible for the oversight of public primary and secondary education in the state of Verona, involving both the over 100 individual school districts in the state as well as private schools. It is also responsible for the safety of students. However, it does not have any jurisdiction over parochial schools (whether or not accredited), and unlike in a few other states and several countries, home schooling is illegal. All schools are, however, required to follow the states basic curriculum, the Verona Education Standards.
 
Although school districts are independent governmental entities, VDOE has the authority to oversee a district's operations (either involving an individual school or the entire district) if serious issues arise (such as poor performance, financial distress, or reported mismanagement). This can be in the form of requiring the district to submit corrective action plans and regular status reports, assigning monitors to oversee operations (including the authority to assign a management board, which essentially replaces and performs the duties of the elected school board), and in extreme cases closure of a school campus or even the entire school district.
 
In addition to primary and secondary education, VDOE has oversight duties with respect to driver's education courses (initial permits) and defensive driving courses (used to have a ticket dismissed and/or for lower insurance premiums). VDOE also manages the commonwealth's higher education system, including its three university systems, the community college system, and the 6 independent public universities.
 
The [[Verona Interscholastic Federation]] (VIF), which oversees academic and athletic interscholastic competition in Verona public schools, is a separate entity not under VDOE oversight.
 
== Superintendent of Education ==
 
== Commonwealth Board of Education ==
The Verona Commonwealth Board of Education is the governing and policy-making body of the Verona Department of Education. It sets AP-12 education policy in the areas of standards, recommended instructional materials, and accountability. The Board adopts textbooks for grades K-8 via statewide teacher input, adopts regulations to implement legislation, and has authority to amend and modify the Education Standards. These standards are designed to encourage the highest achievement of every student, by defining the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students should acquire at each grade level in addition to recommended supplementary areas (known as primary and secondary focii). The Board of Education has thirteen members, including one student member, all appointed by the Governor of Verona. The student member is selected from a group of three students nominated by the board.
 
=== Regions ===
{| class="wikitable collapsible"
! District || Counties || Manager
|-
| '''Verona''' || ''Commonwealth at-large'' || Soraya Durán
|-
| LaMarque || Amelia, [[Cara County, Verona|Cara]], Elisabeth, Everglade, Mayes || Ruben Núñez
|-
| San Marcos || Andres, Buena Vista, San Marcos || Yanira Miguélez
|-
| Palm Coast || [[Andina County, Verona|Andina]], [[Lynnhaven County, Verona|Lynnhaven]], [[Santa Rosa County, Verona|Santa Rosa]], [[Sierra County, Verona|Sierra]], [[Victoria County, Verona|Victoria]] || Noemi Notario
|-
| Pinellas || Guarias, Heralamis, Lagoa, Riverside, Santa Maria || Leyre Ruiz
|-
|-
| '''Secretary-General''' || Alun Saxarnon
| Florence || Florence, Montilla, São Fernando, Vero || Rafael Hoyo
|-
|-
| '''Chairman''' || [[Féraluir Sekerin]]
| Orange || Lençois, Los Angeles, Orange, Richmond, Sinhedes, Trinity || Tereza Teixeira Meireles
|-  
|-
| '''Whip''' || Matéus Salomon<br>
| Everglades || Henrico, Monteiro, Prince Lucás, Seneca || Suzana Sá de Assis
|-  
|-
| '''Platform''' || [[Kirosocialism]]<br>{{wp|Left-wing nationalism}}<br><br><small>'''Factions:'''</small><br>{{wp|Liberal socialism}}<br>{{wp|Communism}} · {{wp|Titoism|Convism}}<br>{{wp|Religious socialism}}
| Centralia || Amari, Belleaire, Nassica, [[Richland County, Verona|Richland]], Sinas, Varina || Kevin Biel
|-  
|-
|<br>
| Roseland || Santa Ana, Rosalía, Westbrook || Diego Ovejero
|-  
|-
| '''Newspaper''' || ''Guardian of Truth''
| Vírgenes || Avetera, Espanadia, Vírgenes || Olívia Rodrigues Álvarez
|-
| Olympia || Coronado, Luisa, Pasadena, [[Olympia County, Verona|Olympia]], Sayalona || Manoel Rocha Santana
|-
| Rathan || Castelle, Mariposa, Secotan, Summerlin || Mateo Soria
|-
|-
| '''Electoral Symbol''' || [[File:Trefoil knot icon.svg|100px]]
|-
| '''Herring Sea Islands''' || {{Infobox political party/seats|24|40|#b40404}}
|-
| '''[[Federal Stanora]]''' || {{Infobox political party/seats|100|545|#b40404}}
|-
| colspan=2 | <hr>
|}
|}


The '''Popular Democratic Front''' is a [[Caucus (Kiravian politics)|caucus]] in the Kiravian [[Federal Stanora]] made up of political parties and independents promoting a common platform of {{wp|socialism|socialist}} policies drawn mostly from the [[Kirosocialism|Kirosocialist]] tradition. The PDF was organised after passage of the [[Antipartisan law in Kiravia|Anti-Party Law]] as the successor to the People's Alliance, which had previously formed to take up the mantle of the [[Kirosocialist Party]] after its dissolution.  
== Standardized tests ==
Prior to 2002, Verona assessed student performance in the elementary school and secondary school grades via the Verona Education Standards Assessment (VESA), administered at the end of each year beginning in Grade 4. Beginning in January 2002, Verona completely eliminated the VESA and instead opted for a model where teachers formulate their own grading systems for the students similar to collegiate systems, although with oversight from various superior bodies (e.g., principals, directs of primary and secondary education, district superintendents, and VDOE review board). The Verona Education system as a whole underwent a major overhaul in 2004 that marked the end of an era.


<!-- Despite some electoral support in areas where Kirosocialist policies had been popular and where economic liberalisation had not been kind to local industries, the PDF failed to mount an effective opposition to liberalisation, and was gradually edged out from most of its support base by the [[Caritist Social Union]] and [[Coscivian National Congress]]. From 21189 until 21203, the PDF was a rather minor presence in federal politics, with its share of seats in the Stanora decreasing in each election, but some of its member parties retained varying degrees of power and influence in the politics of certain states. Since 21203, PDF affiliates have launched an electoral resurgence at the state level and begun increasing their federal representation. -->
== School and district accountability ==


==Platform==
=== Education performance rating ===
===Near-Term Objectives===
The Department of Education maintains a five-tier rating system based on academic accountability from end-of-curriculum testing (Grade 5, 8, and 12), though it is currently undergoing a revision to better reflect the state's instructional model. The commonwealth ranks all schools within its borders and publishes this information on its website. Ratings can also be found on individual pages. Schools in more populated areas tend to trend higher on the scale while schools in more rural areas tend to trend lower.
Provided below is the official common platform of the PDF for upcoming electricians and legislative cycles:
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
*Establishment of a {{wp|socialist market economy}}
!Definition
*Nationalisation of the Kiravian energy sector, mineral resources, railways, airlines, telecommunications infrastructure, and flannel cloth industry
!Schools
*Equalisation of health outcomes through a federally-financed, provincially-administered single-payer public healthcare system
in rank
*Eradication of urban homelessness, slums, rural vagrancy, and substandard rural housing through an aggressive ten-year project of federally-financed social housing expansion
|-
*A more robust and redistributive tax regime over financial transactions to curb speculation and manage negative externalities.
!<span style="color:#710193">''Exemplary''</span>
*Aggressive development of rural broadband guaranteed internet access for all Kiravians
|Schools with an '''Exemplary''' rating have demonstrated very high scoring on standardized tests for
*Restructuring labour negotiations nationwide to a government-mediated tripartite model
at least 2 consecutive school years, or at least one school year following rank 'Proficient'.
*Inclusion of the right to strike and the right to unionise in the [[Statute of Liberties]]
|4,355
*Centering employment and domestic productivity in trade policy
|-
*No economic integration or enhanced migration régime with [[Mid-Atrassic Crona]]
!<span style="color:#55A5FA">''Proficient''</span>
*Increased investment in nuclear energy, scientific research, and space exploration
|Schools with a '''Proficient''' rating have demonstrated above average scoring on standardized tests.
*A government-mandated inflation target for the [[Reserve Bank of Kirav|RBK]]
|13,790
*A return to {{wp|armed neutrality}} with a moratorium on overseas military deployments; withdrawal from the [[League of Nations]] and independence for Kiravian League mandates.
|-
 
!<span style="color:#74B72E">''Accredited''</span>
===Ideology===
|Schools with an '''Accredited''' rating have demonstrated average scoring on standardized tests.
The party identifies [[Kiravian Marxist philosophy]], {{wp|Arab socialism|Coscivian social-nationalism}}, and {{Breakfast burrito|rGyanarajsism}} as the theoretical foundations of its ideological system.
|5,081
 
|-
==Currants==
!<span style="color:#FFD300">''Warning''</span>
[[File:Ribes rubrum a1.jpg|thumb|''Ribes rubrum'', long used as a symbol of the Kiravian Left]]
|Schools with a accreditation '''Warning''' have demonstrated below average scoring on standardized tests
 
for at least one school year.
<!--Most tendency groups are organised as a interstate conferences of state-level parties. However, the SPKF, SPKU, and RCKK are federated parties with nationwide Central Committees and operate as multi-state political parties under [[Antipartisan law in Kiravia|political party control laws]].
|726
 
|-
The tendency groups currently operating within the PDF are:
!<span style="color:#FF0000">''Probationary''</span>
|Schools with a '''Probationary''' rating have demonstrated below average scoring on standardized tests for
at least two consecutive school years.
|242
|-
!colspan=2|''Total''
!24,194
|}


*'''Socialist Party of the Kiravian Federacy (SPKF)''' - Federation of Palæo-Orthodox and Neo-Orthodox Kirosocialist parties united in 21207 under [[Féraluir Sekerin]], healing the rift between the old-guard "Continuity Kirosocialists" (who held closely to the policies of the Kiravian Union and attributed the fall of the Kiravian Union to counterrevolutionary subversion) and the reform-minded Neo-Orthodox parties who recognised the role of Kirosocialist policy failures in the Union's collapse and need for some degree of policy adaptation within an orthodox Kirosocialist framework. Since its formation, the SPKF has emerged as the largest and most powerful tendency.
=== Gold Performance Acknowledgements ===
*'''Socialist Party of the Kiravian Union (SPKU)''' - Grouping of Palæo-Orthodox hardliners who opposed the SPKF merger and explicitly reject the legitimacy of the [[Constitutional history of Kiravia|current Kiravian constitution]].
*'''Kirosocialists 2 - Dialectic Boogaloo (KS2DB)''' - Loose grouping of heterodox Kirosocialists, whether descended from dissident factions suppressed within the Party during the Kiravian Union or formed around new ideas and alternative models of political organising after the end of Kirosocialist rule. This faction acts less as an ideological tendency advancing a common agenda, and more as a technical group working to prevent the orthodox factions from imposing a strong ideological line on the PDF as a whole.
*'''Socialist National Union (SNU)''' - Conference representing mainly [[Kiravian social nationalism|Kiravian Social-nationalists]] who have dropped orthodox Kirosocialist commitments to class struggle, comprehensive social control of the means of production, and the construction of "socialist culture", returning to the classical teachings of Kiravian social-nationalism before the movement's merger into the Socialist Party. Also includes the non-socialist Kirav First Party and some "Kirosocialists of the 212th century".
*'''Noontide Group''' - A grouping of socialist and left-wing populist parties working outside the confines of traditional Kirosocialist ideological frameworks and party structures. Includes many parties organised among non-Coscivian minorities, e.g. [[Camhchéachta]] and Tryhstia's Partido do Tarabalho, as well as "post-Kirosocialist" parties like Fariva's New Direction Party.
*'''Alliance for a New Socialism''' - Conference of the state-level Kirosocialist parties that largely acquiesced to the post-Union political and economic liberalisations, moving toward "Kiro-social democracy" and "New Kirosocialism".
*'''Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats''' - A grouping of more Western-style social-democratic, democratic socialist, eco-socialist, and left-progressive parties from outside the Kirosocialist tradition. The PASD is the smallest tendency in terms of elected representatives and party membership, but has a growing presence at the local level in some cities.
*'''Revolutionary Committee of the Kiravian Renaissance''' - A party of Shaftosocialists, {{wp|Conservative socialism|Conservative socialists}}, and Social Convists originating from the left-wing current that once existed in the [[Renaissance Party]]. Adherents of this current remained in Great Kirav after the Renaissance Party's flight to [[Æonara]], where some were accepted by Kirsok as members of its United Front.
*'''Kiravian Proletarian Parties''' - Faction representing the more expressly communist and/or convist elements that have always existed as a minority within the Kirosocialist movement and remained within the Socialist Party and its successors rather than join the CPKF or CPGK.
*'''Union of Religious Socialists''' - Grouping of religious (mostly {{wp|Christian socialist}} and {{wp|Islamic socialist}}) parties, most of which joined the PDF after expulsion from the [[Caritist Social Union|CSU]] for their anti-capitalism and radicalism.
-->


==Organisational Relations==
== Colleges and Universities ==
The [[Minor_Kiravian_Political_Parties#CPKF|Communist Party of the Kiravian Federacy]] and the Existential Humanist Party (Marxist), while not members of the PDF caucus, do have formal relations with it and coöperate with it on many initiatives. The [[Minor_Kiravian_Political_Parties#CPGK|Communist Party of Great Kirav]] rejects coöperation with the PDF and CPKF, which it has denounced as reformist and revisionist. The PDF has a tense relationship with the [[Social Democrats KF]].
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The PDF and its members retain strong ties to {{wp|organised labour}}, particularly the [[Pan-Kiravian Congress of Trade Unions]], which is considered its ''de facto'' labour wing.
The '''University System of Verona''' ('''USV''') is the state agency that includes the 157 public institutions of higher learning in Verona. The system is governed by the Verona Board of Regents and is an arm of the Department of Education. It sets goals and dictates general policy to educational institutions within the state. The USV also dispenses public funds (allocated by the state's legislature) to the institutions. The USV is the largest university system in Cartadania by total student enrollment, with 5.7 million students in 157 public institutions. USV institutions are divided into three categories: research universities, comprehensive state universities, and state colleges.


==Voter Base==
The agency designates four systems: the [[University of Verona]] and [[Verona Institute of Technology]] systems as "research universities", the [[Verona Commonwealth University]] system as "comprehensive state universities", and the [[Verona Community College system]] as "state colleges". The University of Verona is the state's flagship university system and contains the state's overall oldest institutions of higher learning. After the state unified the VCU system with the Verona State University system (VSU) in 1990, the VCU system became the largest higher learning system in the USV and Cartadania, with over 750,000 students. The independent University of Central Verona is the state's designated military school.
A considerable portion of the caucus' voters belong to Antaric Coscivian ethnic groups. Antaric Coscivians were generally supportive of the Kirosocialist régime and did well under Kirosocialist rule. The same can be said of many East Coscivian ethnic groups, such as the {Muśkem}.
Pretannic Celts, especially those living in mining areas of [[Etivéra]], [[Váuadra]], [[Íarthakelva]], [[Atrakelva]], and [[Kiorgia]], are a very strong demographic for the PDF, having wavered very little in their support for socialist parties since the Kirosocialist Period.


Although numerically insignificant in federal elections, various small and marginal ethnic groups that benefitted from government development projects under Kirosocialism, such as the [[Kiʞik language|Kiʞik Coscivians]] and the [[Ethnic Groups in Kiravia#Salyar|Salyar]], continue to support socialism and provide an important source of votes for PDF affiliates in state and local elections.
* [[University of Verona system]]
* [[Verona Commonwealth University system]]
* [[Verona Community Colleges system]]
* [[Verona Institute of Technology]]


==Provincial Affiliates==
== See also ==
{{col-begin}}
[[List of school districts in Verona]]
{{col-break}}
[[File:Flag of Somaliland (Orange).svg|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Andrēdan'''
*People's Mudžahidín of Andrēdan
<br>
[[File:ArgéviaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Argévia'''
*Equality Party
<br>
[[File:TealEnsign-Light.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Aventurine Bay'''
*Workers' Party
<br>
[[File:CascadaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Cascada'''
*Socialist Freedom Party
<br>
[[File:TealEnsign-Light.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Daridia'''
*Party for Bread & Roses
<br>
[[File:EtivéraFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Etivéra'''<br>{{Infobox political party/seats|1|5|hex=#b40404}}
'''Change To Win Coalition'''
*United Socialist Party
*Social-National Party
*Etivéran Socialist Party
*Socialist Liberation Party
*New Socialist Party
*Transformational Socialist Party
<br>
[[File:FarivaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Fariva'''
*New Direction Party
<br>
[[File:HanoramFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Hanoram'''
*Kirosocialist Party
<br>
[[File:TealEnsign-Light.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Herring Sea Islands''' {{Infobox political party/seats|2|3|hex=#b40404}}
*Transformative Party of Working People
<br>
{{col-break}}
[[File:IlánovaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Ilánova'''
*[[Camchéachta]]
<br>
[[File:IlfenóraFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Ilfenóra'''
*Socialist Party
*Christian Social-Ecologist Movement
<br>
[[File:IntraviaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Intravia'''
*Democratic Worker-Farmer-Miner Party
*Socialist Labour Party
<br>
[[File:IrovasdraFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Irovasdra'''
*[[Camchéachta]]
<br>
[[File:KaviskaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Kaviska'''
*New Union Party
*Socialist Alternative Party
*Democratic Labour Party
*Revolutionary Committee of the Renaissance Party
<br>
[[File:KannurFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Kannur]]'''
*Socialist Party
*Convist Party
<br>
[[File:KorlēdanFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Korlēdan]]'''
*Red Star Party
<br>
[[File:MetreaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Metrea]]'''
*Socialist Party
*Christian Liberation Party
{{col-break}}
[[File:SerikordaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Serikorda]]'''
*''numerous''
<br>
[[File:SuderaviaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Suderavia]]'''
*Convist Party
<br>
[[File:SydonaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Sydona]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|2|4|hex=#b40404}}
*Socialist Party of Sydona
<br>
[[File:UmcaraStateFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Umcara]]'''
*Revolutionary Committee of the Umcaran Renaissance Party
<br>
[[File:Flag of Ontario (Green Ensign).svg|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Verakośa]]'''
*Working Families Party «I'm Tired!»
<br>
[[File:VôtaskaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Vôtaska]]'''
*Vôtaskan Socialist Party
*Independent Socialist Party
<br>
{{col-end}}


===Other Affiliates and Observers===
[[File:MetreaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Metrea'''
*Coscivian-Cetacean Communist Party  (''observer'')
[[File:Flag of the Republic of Sonora.svg|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] [[Ethnic groups in Kiravia#Qódava|Qódava Nation]]
*Great Socialist Party of Qódava
[[File:Bandeiramucuri.jpg|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] [[Tryhstian Littoral]]
*Partido do Trabalho




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Latest revision as of 10:00, 24 May 2023

Verona Department of Education
Logo of the Verona DOE

The DOE headquarters in Aurimá.
Agency overview
FormedSeptember 3, 1906; 117 years ago (1906-09-03)
Preceding agency
  • Education Office
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Verona
HeadquartersDOE Headquarters
600 Palmetto Pkwy, Aurimá, VA 33001
Employees5,174
Annual budget$87.4 billion
Agency executive
  • Gabriel Figueiredo, Superintendent of Education
Parent agencyVerona Education Secretary
WebsiteOfficial Website

The Verona Department of Education (Cartadanian: Verona Departamento de Educação; VDOE) is a branch of the state government of Verona in Cartadania responsible for the regulation of public education. The agency is headquartered in Verona Frond Six Building in the state capital, Aurimá, along with various other branches and offices of the state government. Formed in 1906 to centralize the state's education system and authority, the Verona Department of Education has the largest education responsibility in the country, second only to the federal equivalent. It apportions funds and sets standards for the education of it's 12.1 million students, a figure larger than the population of twenty-five individual states, and the eight smallest states combined.

Gabriel Figueiredo, a member of the Jupiter Independent School District's board of trustees, was appointed Superintendent of Education by Verona Governor Alícia Rosa on 8 February 2026.

History

The Department of Education was established on 3 September 1906 following the need for a centralized educational authority. Prior to the creation of the department, education was overseen by county education boards or multi-county organizations. The government conducted a survey of needs throughout the commonwealth and set out to develop a set goal and basic curriculum that each school district was required to follow. This survey resulted in the creation of the department to be responsible for maintaining these objectives and the office of Superintendent of Education was created, with the superintendent being an official appointed by the Governor.

In 1938, the Commonwealth Board of Education was merged into the Department of Education. Together, they introduced a precursor to the legislative bill that would separate school districts from the county and city governments. They also sought to solve the issue of ghost districts, those with no enrollment or active schools. Prior to the late 1940s, many school districts in Verona did not operate schools but spent money to send children to schools operated by other districts. In the late 1940s state lawmakers passed another bill abolishing those districts, prompting a wave of mass school district consolidation.

In 1956, the General Assembly authorized the creation of the University System of Verona, a multi-system organization that encompasses the four-system schools throughout the state. It serves as a regulatory authority and reports directly to the state and, though sometimes thought of as a part of the Department of Education, it is a distinct and separate sister entity.

In 1961, the Verona Department of Education, in conjunction with the Commonwealth Revenue Board and General Assembly, granted school districts the power to tax residents. Prior to this, Verona school districts were allocated funding from the localities they served. The new configuration removed the municipalities' oversight of funding and use, giving the school districts more control. In spite of this, Verona school districts still receive the bulk of funding from the state directly and from the federal Department of Education.

In 2002, the Verona education system underwent a major revision, known as the Verona Instructional System Alignment (VISA), that restructured the grading system, instructional timeframe, curricula, and pipeline for primary and secondary education. The changes went into effect on 3 January 2002, in preparation for school systems to migrate to this model when school begins (typically the third monday in January), but were authorized in January 2000. Alongside VISA was the Verona Post-Secondary Alignment (VAPSA), which only established a system by which schools can admit students on an academic basis and simultaneously eliminated the cost of attendance for baccalaureate programs, the cost of which shifted to a tax-funded model with funding from the federal government. VAPSA also reinstated the mandatory requirement that all teachers have a masters degree, which is now funded by the state as well.

Duties

The Verona Department of Education is responsible for the oversight of public primary and secondary education in the state of Verona, involving both the over 100 individual school districts in the state as well as private schools. It is also responsible for the safety of students. However, it does not have any jurisdiction over parochial schools (whether or not accredited), and unlike in a few other states and several countries, home schooling is illegal. All schools are, however, required to follow the states basic curriculum, the Verona Education Standards.

Although school districts are independent governmental entities, VDOE has the authority to oversee a district's operations (either involving an individual school or the entire district) if serious issues arise (such as poor performance, financial distress, or reported mismanagement). This can be in the form of requiring the district to submit corrective action plans and regular status reports, assigning monitors to oversee operations (including the authority to assign a management board, which essentially replaces and performs the duties of the elected school board), and in extreme cases closure of a school campus or even the entire school district.

In addition to primary and secondary education, VDOE has oversight duties with respect to driver's education courses (initial permits) and defensive driving courses (used to have a ticket dismissed and/or for lower insurance premiums). VDOE also manages the commonwealth's higher education system, including its three university systems, the community college system, and the 6 independent public universities.

The Verona Interscholastic Federation (VIF), which oversees academic and athletic interscholastic competition in Verona public schools, is a separate entity not under VDOE oversight.

Superintendent of Education

Commonwealth Board of Education

The Verona Commonwealth Board of Education is the governing and policy-making body of the Verona Department of Education. It sets AP-12 education policy in the areas of standards, recommended instructional materials, and accountability. The Board adopts textbooks for grades K-8 via statewide teacher input, adopts regulations to implement legislation, and has authority to amend and modify the Education Standards. These standards are designed to encourage the highest achievement of every student, by defining the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students should acquire at each grade level in addition to recommended supplementary areas (known as primary and secondary focii). The Board of Education has thirteen members, including one student member, all appointed by the Governor of Verona. The student member is selected from a group of three students nominated by the board.

Regions

District Counties Manager
Verona Commonwealth at-large Soraya Durán
LaMarque Amelia, Cara, Elisabeth, Everglade, Mayes Ruben Núñez
San Marcos Andres, Buena Vista, San Marcos Yanira Miguélez
Palm Coast Andina, Lynnhaven, Santa Rosa, Sierra, Victoria Noemi Notario
Pinellas Guarias, Heralamis, Lagoa, Riverside, Santa Maria Leyre Ruiz
Florence Florence, Montilla, São Fernando, Vero Rafael Hoyo
Orange Lençois, Los Angeles, Orange, Richmond, Sinhedes, Trinity Tereza Teixeira Meireles
Everglades Henrico, Monteiro, Prince Lucás, Seneca Suzana Sá de Assis
Centralia Amari, Belleaire, Nassica, Richland, Sinas, Varina Kevin Biel
Roseland Santa Ana, Rosalía, Westbrook Diego Ovejero
Vírgenes Avetera, Espanadia, Vírgenes Olívia Rodrigues Álvarez
Olympia Coronado, Luisa, Pasadena, Olympia, Sayalona Manoel Rocha Santana
Rathan Castelle, Mariposa, Secotan, Summerlin Mateo Soria

Standardized tests

Prior to 2002, Verona assessed student performance in the elementary school and secondary school grades via the Verona Education Standards Assessment (VESA), administered at the end of each year beginning in Grade 4. Beginning in January 2002, Verona completely eliminated the VESA and instead opted for a model where teachers formulate their own grading systems for the students similar to collegiate systems, although with oversight from various superior bodies (e.g., principals, directs of primary and secondary education, district superintendents, and VDOE review board). The Verona Education system as a whole underwent a major overhaul in 2004 that marked the end of an era.

School and district accountability

Education performance rating

The Department of Education maintains a five-tier rating system based on academic accountability from end-of-curriculum testing (Grade 5, 8, and 12), though it is currently undergoing a revision to better reflect the state's instructional model. The commonwealth ranks all schools within its borders and publishes this information on its website. Ratings can also be found on individual pages. Schools in more populated areas tend to trend higher on the scale while schools in more rural areas tend to trend lower.

Rank Definition Schools

in rank

Exemplary Schools with an Exemplary rating have demonstrated very high scoring on standardized tests for

at least 2 consecutive school years, or at least one school year following rank 'Proficient'.

4,355
Proficient Schools with a Proficient rating have demonstrated above average scoring on standardized tests. 13,790
Accredited Schools with an Accredited rating have demonstrated average scoring on standardized tests. 5,081
Warning Schools with a accreditation Warning have demonstrated below average scoring on standardized tests

for at least one school year.

726
Probationary Schools with a Probationary rating have demonstrated below average scoring on standardized tests for

at least two consecutive school years.

242
Total 24,194

Gold Performance Acknowledgements

Colleges and Universities

University System of Verona
AbbreviationUSV
Formation1956
Purposeeducational oversight
HeadquartersAurimá, Verona, Cartadania
Membership
157 public colleges and universities, with a combined endowment of approx. $94 billion
Chancellor
Arjen Mallette
Parent organization
Verona Department of Education
Websitewww.usv.edu

The University System of Verona (USV) is the state agency that includes the 157 public institutions of higher learning in Verona. The system is governed by the Verona Board of Regents and is an arm of the Department of Education. It sets goals and dictates general policy to educational institutions within the state. The USV also dispenses public funds (allocated by the state's legislature) to the institutions. The USV is the largest university system in Cartadania by total student enrollment, with 5.7 million students in 157 public institutions. USV institutions are divided into three categories: research universities, comprehensive state universities, and state colleges.

The agency designates four systems: the University of Verona and Verona Institute of Technology systems as "research universities", the Verona Commonwealth University system as "comprehensive state universities", and the Verona Community College system as "state colleges". The University of Verona is the state's flagship university system and contains the state's overall oldest institutions of higher learning. After the state unified the VCU system with the Verona State University system (VSU) in 1990, the VCU system became the largest higher learning system in the USV and Cartadania, with over 750,000 students. The independent University of Central Verona is the state's designated military school.

See also

List of school districts in Verona

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