Bill Text: VA SB975 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Students with disabilities; feasibility of educational placement transition of certain students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-12 - Continued to 2019 in Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) [SB975 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-SB975-Introduced.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. §1. The Department
of Education shall develop and implement a pilot program in two local school
divisions in the Commonwealth to partner
with the appropriate school board employees in each such local school division
to (i) identify the resources, services, and supports
required by each student who resides in each such local school
division and who is
educated in a private school setting pursuant to his Individualized Education
Program; (ii) study the feasibility of transitioning each such
student from his private school setting to an appropriate public school setting
in the local school division and providing
the identified resources, services, and supports in such public school setting; and (iii)
recommend a process for redirecting federal, state,
and local funds, including funds provided pursuant to the Children's Services
Act (§2.2-5200 et seq.), provided for the education
of each such student to the local school division for the purpose of providing
the identified resources, services, and supports in the appropriate
public school setting.
