§ 22.1-217.01 Information on educational and other services for students identified as deaf or hard of hearing or visually impaired
The Department of Education shall annually prepare and distribute to local school boards packets of information describing the educational and other services available through the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, and the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired to students who are identified as deaf or hard of hearing or visually impaired. Local school boards shall annually post this information on the school division’s website and inform the parents of those students who are identified as deaf or hard of hearing or visually impaired of its availability. School boards shall ensure that packets of such information are available in an accessible format for review by parents who do not have Internet access.
History
This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 351 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2000, chapter 285; in 2011, chapter 216; in 2015, chapter 55; in 2019, chapter 288.
1998, c. 351; 2000, c. 285; 2011, c. 216; 2015, c. 55; 2019, c. 288.