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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0439\">439<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2022, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0355\">355<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":181865,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64419,"identifier":"22.1-215.1","token":"22.1\/13\/2\/22.1-215.1","url":"\/22.1-215.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-215.1\/","token":"22.1\/13\/2\/22.1-215.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Information regarding procedures and rights relating to special education placement and withdrawal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-215.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall publicize and disseminate to <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">parents<\/span><\/span> of students who are enrolled in <span class=\"dictionary\">special education<\/span> programs or for whom a <span class=\"dictionary\">special education<\/span> placement has been recommended information regarding current federal <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> and regulation addressing procedures and rights related to the placement and withdrawal of children in <span class=\"dictionary\">special education<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINFORMATION REGARDING PROCEDURES AND RIGHTS RELATING TO SPECIAL EDUCATION\nPLACEMENT AND WITHDRAWAL (\u00a7 22.1-215.1)\n\nThe Board shall publicize and disseminate to parents of students who are\nenrolled in special education programs or for whom a special education placement\nhas been recommended information regarding current federal law and regulation\naddressing procedures and rights related to the placement and withdrawal of\nchildren in special education.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 439; 2022, c. 355.","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}}