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Local school boards shall annually post this information on the school division&#8217;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.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":242701,"text":"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&#8217;s website and inform the parents of those students who are identified as deaf or hard of hearing or visually impaired of its availability. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0351\">351<\/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 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2000, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0285\">285<\/a>; in 2011, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0216\">216<\/a>; in 2015, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0055\">55<\/a>; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0288\">288<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":181885,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66941,"identifier":"22.1-217.01","token":"22.1\/13\/2\/22.1-217.01","url":"\/22.1-217.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-217.01\/","token":"22.1\/13\/2\/22.1-217.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Information on educational and other services for students identified as deaf or hard of hearing or visually impaired","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-217.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Education shall annually prepare and distribute to local <span class=\"dictionary\">school boards<\/span> packets of information describing the educational and other services available through the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, the Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> for the Deaf and Hard-of-<span class=\"dictionary\">Hearing<\/span>, and the Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> for the Blind and Vision Impaired to students who are identified as deaf or hard of <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> or visually impaired. Local <span class=\"dictionary\">school boards<\/span> shall annually post this information on the school division&#8217;s website and inform the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">parents<\/span><\/span> of those students who are identified as deaf or hard of <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> or visually impaired of its availability. <span class=\"dictionary\">School boards<\/span> shall ensure that packets of such information are available in an accessible format for review by <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">parents<\/span><\/span> who do not have Internet access.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINFORMATION ON EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER SERVICES FOR STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS DEAF OR\nHARD OF HEARING OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED (\u00a7 22.1-217.01)\n\nThe Department of Education shall annually prepare and distribute to local\nschool boards packets of information describing the educational and other\nservices available through the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, the\nVirginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, and the Virginia\nDepartment for the Blind and Vision Impaired to students who are identified as\ndeaf or hard of hearing or visually impaired. Local school boards shall annually\npost this information on the school division&#8217;s website and inform the\nparents of those students who are identified as deaf or hard of hearing or\nvisually impaired of its availability. School boards shall ensure that packets\nof such information are available in an accessible format for review by parents\nwho do not have Internet access.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 351; 2000, c. 285; 2011, c. 216; 2015, c. 55; 2019, c. 288.","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}}