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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 468<\/a> and 502<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":81597,"section_number":"22.1-214.4","catch_line":"Certain duties of Department","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-214.4\/"},{"id":69198,"section_number":"22.1-253.13:2","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Standard 2. Instructional, administrative, and support personnel","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-253.13_2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":69198,"section_number":"22.1-253.13:2","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Standard 2. Instructional, administrative, and support personnel","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-253.13_2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":181857,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69592,"identifier":"22.1-214.5","token":"22.1\/13\/2\/22.1-214.5","url":"\/22.1-214.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-214.5\/","token":"22.1\/13\/2\/22.1-214.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Special education family support centers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-214.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Parent<\/span> Training and Information Center in the Commonwealth designated pursuant to 20 U.S.C. \u00a7 1471(e) shall establish special education<\/span> family support centers in eight distinct regions of the Commonwealth that shall each (i) be staffed by a regional special education<\/span> family liaison employed by such center, (ii) coordinate with special education<\/span> parent<\/span>\/family liaisons required to be designated pursuant to subsection R of \u00a7 22.1-253.13:2<\/a>, (iii) develop and implement outreach and support to parents<\/span><\/span> of children with disabilities<\/span> in its region, and (iv) track and report to the State Parent<\/span> Ombudsman for Special Education<\/span> data on questions and concerns raised by parents<\/span><\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSPECIAL EDUCATION FAMILY SUPPORT CENTERS (\u00a7 22.1-214.5)\n\nThe Parent Training and Information Center in the Commonwealth designated\npursuant to 20 U.S.C. \u00a7 1471(e) shall establish special education family\nsupport centers in eight distinct regions of the Commonwealth that shall each\n(i) be staffed by a regional special education family liaison employed by such\ncenter, (ii) coordinate with special education parent\/family liaisons required\nto be designated pursuant to subsection R of \u00a7 22.1-253.13:2, (iii) develop and\nimplement outreach and support to parents of children with disabilities in its\nregion, and (iv) track and report to the State Parent Ombudsman for Special\nEducation data on questions and concerns raised by parents.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, cc. 468, 502.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}