§ 22.1-213 Definitions.
§ 22.1-213.1 Definition of “parent.”.
§ 22.1-214 Board to prepare special education program for children with disabilities.
§ 22.1-214.1 Issuance of subpoenas by hearing officers.
§ 22.1-214.2 Definition of “supervise” as related to educational programs provided for or by Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.
§ 22.1-214.3 Department to develop certain curriculum guidelines; Board to approve.
§ 22.1-214.4 Certain duties of Department.
§ 22.1-214.5 Special education family support centers.
§ 22.1-215 School divisions to provide special education; plan to be submitted to Board.
§ 22.1-215.1 Information regarding procedures and rights relating to special education placement and withdrawal.
§ 22.1-215.2 Parental notification; literacy and Response to Intervention screening and services; certain assessment results.
§ 22.1-216 Use of public or private facilities and personnel under contract for special education.
§ 22.1-217 Visually impaired children.
§ 22.1-217.01 Information on educational and other services for students identified as deaf or hard of hearing or visually impaired.
§ 22.1-217.02 Individualized education programs; children identified as deaf or hard-of-hearing.
§ 22.1-217.03 Individualized education program teams to consider need for certain age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate instruction.
§ 22.1-217.04 Language development for children who are deaf or hard of hearing; assessment resources for parents and educators; advisory committee; report.
§ 22.1-217.1 Programs for the research and development of innovative methods of teaching children with mental illness, intellectual disability, or serious emotional disturbance.
§ 22.1-217.2 Special education transition materials.
§ 22.1-217.3 Special education transition; identification of faculty member responsible for school transition and planning coordination.
§ 22.1-218 Reimbursement for placement in private schools; reimbursement of school boards from state funds.
§ 22.1-218.1 Duty to process placements through the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
§ 22.1-219 Use of federal, state or local funds not restricted.
§ 22.1-220 Power of counties, cities, and towns to appropriate and expend funds for education of children with disabilities.
§ 22.1-221 Transportation of children with disabilities attending public or private special education programs.
§ 22.1-222 Repealed.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 22.1 > Chapter 13 > Article 2 - Special Education.

  • Adult: means a person 18 years of age or more. See Virginia Code 1-203
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • 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
  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the Department of Education. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • parents: means any parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other person having control or charge of a child. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Related services: means transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services as are required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education, including speech pathology and audiology, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, early identification and assessment of disabilities in children, counseling services, and medical services for diagnostic or evaluation purposes. See Virginia Code 22.1-213
  • School board: means the school board that governs a school division. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
  • Special education: means specially designed instruction at no cost to the parent to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability, including classroom instruction, home instruction, instruction provided in hospitals and institutions, instruction in physical education, and instruction in career and technical education. See Virginia Code 22.1-213
  • Specially designed instruction: means instruction for which the content, methodology, or delivery is adapted, as appropriate to the needs of an eligible child, to (i) address the unique needs of the child that result from the child's disability and (ii) ensure that the child has access to the general curriculum so that the child can meet the educational standards that apply to all children within the jurisdiction of the local educational agency. See Virginia Code 22.1-213
  • Specific learning disability: means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations. See Virginia Code 22.1-213
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
  • State Board: means the Board of Education. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Superintendent: means the Superintendent of Public Instruction. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Town: means any existing town or an incorporated community within one or more counties which became a town before noon, July 1, 1971, as provided by law or which has within defined boundaries a population of 1,000 or more and which has become a town as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-254