Virginia Code 22.1-217.01: Information on educational and other services for students identified as deaf or hard of hearing or visually impaired.
The Department of Education shall annually prepare and distribute to local school boards packets of information describing the educational and other services available through the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, and the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired to students who are identified as deaf or hard of hearing or visually impaired. Local school boards shall annually post this information on the school division’s website and inform the parents of those students who are identified as deaf or hard of hearing or visually impaired of its availability. School boards shall ensure that packets of such information are available in an accessible format for review by parents who do not have Internet access.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 22.1-217.01
- Department: means the Department of Education. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
- parents: means any parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other person having control or charge of a child. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
1998, c. 351; 2000, c. 285; 2011, c. 216; 2015, c. 55; 2019, c. 288.