<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76983</law_id><section_number>22.1-214.2</section_number><catch_line>Definition of &amp;#8220;supervise&amp;#8221; as related to educational programs provided for or by Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="22.1">Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="13">Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Special Education</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For the purposes of subsection F of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Board to prepare special education program for children with disabilities" href="/22.1-214/">22.1-214</a> as related to the educational programs provided for or by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, &#x201C;supervise&#x201D; shall mean providing active support in (i) designing mechanisms for maintaining constant direct contact and the sharing of ideas, approaches and innovations between the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the facility staff responsible for providing educational services; (ii) providing consistent oversight, with particular attention to the mental health programs, to ensure that the availability of educational resources and the distribution of funds clearly reflect the needs of the different student populations residing in the various facilities; (iii) developing guidelines, in cooperation with the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services for the evaluation of the performance of the education directors or other education supervisors employed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; (iv) developing and implementing, in cooperation with the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, programs to ensure that the educational and treatment needs of dually diagnosed children in state facilities are met; and (v) ensuring that the expertise of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Education is utilized by providing technical assistance to the education programs provided for or by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in the areas of selection and acquisition of educational <span class="dictionary">materials</span>, curriculum development including career and technical education, when appropriate, and applications for federal grants.</p></section></text><history>1985, c. 207; 2001, c. 483; 2009, cc. 813, 840; 2012, cc. 476, 507.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
