Trillium,

You may want to look up the Iowa Acceleration scale. It is an objective measure of the suitability for acceleration. The "Guidance Team" may want to reference it as well. You may want to look around for other districts in your state that do provide for acceleration and look at their policies.

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/iowa_accel_scale.htm

As for confidential - unless its related to Privacy Laws, nothing is confidential. That always concerns me.