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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57704</law_id><section_number>22.1-218</section_number><catch_line>Reimbursement for placement in private schools; reimbursement of school boards from state funds</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>22.1-221</reference></referred_to_by><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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If a child&#x2019;s individualized education program calls for placement in a private nonreligious school, agency, or institution, payment for reasonable tuition cost and other reasonable charges shall be made from the state pool of funds pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="State pool of funds for community policy and management teams" href="/2.2-5211/">2.2-5211</a>. <a id="paragraph-211358" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-218/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Where a <span class="dictionary">school board</span> enters into an agreement with the Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center or a <span class="dictionary">special education</span> regional program established pursuant to regulations of the Board of Education, the Board of Education is authorized to reimburse the <span class="dictionary">school board</span> from such funds as are appropriated for this purpose. <a id="paragraph-211359" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-218/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The Board of Education is further authorized to reimburse each <span class="dictionary">school board</span> operating a preschool <span class="dictionary">special education</span> program for <span class="dictionary">children with disabilities</span> aged two through four, through the Standards of Quality <span class="dictionary">Special Education</span> account. <a id="paragraph-211360" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-218/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 22-10.8; 1974, c. 480; 1978, c. 386; 1980, c. 559; 1988, c. 96; 1989, c. 106; 1990, c. 277; 1993, cc. 110, 191; 1996, c. 133; 2005, c. 928; 2015, c. 542.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
