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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 11 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 1970, chapter 665; in 1972, chapter 523; in 1974, chapter 303; in 1977, chapter 444; in 1980, chapter 559; in 1988, chapter 574; in 1993, chapter 351; in 1996, chapters 691<\/a> and 832<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 991<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 476<\/a> and 507<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 288<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85010,"section_number":"22.1-26","catch_line":"Joint and regional schools; regional public charter schools","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-26\/"},{"id":71681,"section_number":"22.1-299","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2030) License required of teachers; provisional licenses; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-299\/"},{"id":77665,"section_number":"54.1-3408","catch_line":"Professional use by practitioners","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3408\/"},{"id":72312,"section_number":"8.01-225","catch_line":"Persons rendering emergency care, obstetrical services exempt from liability","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-225\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":183189,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83939,"identifier":"22.1-319","token":"22.1\/16\/22.1-319","url":"\/22.1-319\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-319\/","token":"22.1\/16\/22.1-319","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-319","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board<\/span>” means the Virginia Board<\/span> of Education.\n\t\t“Department<\/span>” means the Department<\/span> of Education.\n\t\t“Person<\/span>” means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, association, business trust, corporation, or other business entity.\n\t\t“School for students with disabilities<\/span>” or “school” or “schools<\/span><\/span>” means a privately owned and operated preschool, school, or educational organization, no matter how titled, maintained or conducting classes for the purpose of offering instruction for a consideration, profit, or tuition to persons<\/span> determined to have autism, deaf-blindness, a developmental delay, hearing<\/span> loss including deafness, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, an orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, an emotional disturbance, a severe disability, a specific learning disability, a speech or language impairment, a traumatic brain injury, or a visual impairment including blindness.\n\t\t“Superintendent<\/span>” means the Superintendent<\/span> of Public Instruction.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 22.1-319)\n\nAs used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board” means the Virginia Board of Education.\n\t\t“Department” means the Department of Education.\n\t\t“Person” means any individual, group of individuals, partnership,\nassociation, business trust, corporation, or other business entity.\n\t\t“School for students with disabilities” or “school” or\n“schools” means a privately owned and operated preschool, school, or\neducational organization, no matter how titled, maintained or conducting classes\nfor the purpose of offering instruction for a consideration, profit, or tuition\nto persons determined to have autism, deaf-blindness, a developmental delay,\nhearing loss including deafness, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities,\nan orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, an emotional disturbance, a\nsevere disability, a specific learning disability, a speech or language\nimpairment, a traumatic brain injury, or a visual impairment including\nblindness.\n\t\t“Superintendent” means the Superintendent of Public Instruction.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 22-330.17; 1970, c. 665; 1972, c. 523; 1974, c. 303;\n1977, c. 444; 1980, c. 559; 1988, c. 574; 1993, c. 351; 1996, cc. 691, 832;\n2004, c. 991; 2012, cc. 476, 507; 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}}