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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 332 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. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 2009, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0813\">813<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0840\">840<\/a>; in 2012, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0476\">476<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0507\">507<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":181901,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71721,"identifier":"22.1-217.1","token":"22.1\/13\/2\/22.1-217.1","url":"\/22.1-217.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-217.1\/","token":"22.1\/13\/2\/22.1-217.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Programs for the research and development of innovative methods of teaching children with mental illness, intellectual disability, or serious emotional disturbance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-217.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>For the purpose of improving the quality of the education and training provided to the school-age children in state hospitals and training centers operated by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, there is hereby established a program of grants from such funds as are appropriated by the General Assembly to promote the research and development of innovative methods of teaching children with mental illness, intellectual disability, or serious emotional disturbance in residential settings. 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This program shall be available\nto the education directors and instructional staffs of the state hospitals and\ntraining centers operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and\nDevelopmental Services. The Board of Education shall award these grants on the\nbasis of the recommendations of an advisory committee composed of the Director\nof the Virginia Treatment Center for Children, two representatives of the\nDepartment of Education and two representatives of the Department of Behavioral\nHealth and Developmental Services. The advisory committee shall establish\nobjectives for these grants, develop requests for proposals and set criteria for\nevaluating the applications for funds.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 332; 2009, cc. 813, 840; 2012, cc. 476, 507.","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}}