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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66941</law_id><section_number>22.1-217.01</section_number><catch_line>Information on educational and other services for students identified as deaf or hard of hearing or visually impaired</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>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&#x2019;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></text><history>1998, c. 351; 2000, c. 285; 2011, c. 216; 2015, c. 55; 2019, c. 288.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
