Bill Text: VA HB257 | 2010 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Homebound instruction services; Board of Education shall review its regulations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-03-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0072) [HB257 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2010-HB257-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 257 Offered January 13, 2010 Prefiled January 11, 2010 A BILL to require the Board of Education to amend its regulations establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia as they relate to homebound instructional services. ---------- Patrons-- McClellan, Carr, Herring, McQuinn and Ward ---------- Referred to Committee on Education ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  §1. That the Board of Education shall amend its regulations establishing Standards of Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia as they relate to homebound instructional services to include that homebound instruction shall be made available to students who are confined at home, or in a health care facility, for periods that would prevent normal school attendance based upon certification of need by a licensed clinical social worker.