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

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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-Enrolled.html

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VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act 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. [H 257] Approved

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Board of Education shall review its Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia (8 VAC 20-131) as they relate to homebound instructional services to address whether homebound instruction may 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 evidence submitted by any person licensed to diagnose and treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders by a health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions.