Virginia Code 22.1-217.03: Individualized education program teams to consider need for certain age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate instruction.
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A. The Department of Education shall establish, make available to each school board, and post on its website guidelines for individualized education program (IEP) teams to utilize when developing IEPs for children with disabilities to ensure that IEP teams consider the need for age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate instruction related to sexual health, self-restraint, self-protection, respect for personal privacy, and personal boundaries of others.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 22.1-217.03
- Children with disabilities: means those persons (i) who are age two to 21, inclusive, having reached the age of two by the date specified in § Virginia Code 22.1-213
- Department: means the Department of Education. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
- School board: means the school board that governs a school division. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
B. In developing IEPs for children with disabilities, in addition to any other requirements established by the Board, each local school board shall ensure that IEP teams consider the guidelines established by the Department of Education pursuant to subsection A.