                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INCREASE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN NONRESIDENT STUDENTS; HOW INCREASE COMPUTED AND
PAID; BILLING OF OUT-OF-STATE PLACING AGENCIES OR PERSONS (§ 22.1-101.1)

A. To the extent such funds are appropriated by the General Assembly, a school
division shall be reimbursed for the cost of educating a child who is not a
child with disabilities and who is not a resident of such school division under
the following conditions:

   1. When such child has been placed in foster care or other custodial care
   within the geographical boundaries of the school division by a Virginia
   agency, whether state or local, which is authorized under the laws of the
   Commonwealth to place children;

   2. When such child has been placed within the geographical boundaries of the
   school division in an orphanage or children&#8217;s home which exercises legal
   guardianship rights; or

   3. When such child, who is a resident of Virginia, has been placed, not solely
   for school purposes, in a child-caring institution or group home licensed
   under the provisions of Chapter 17 (&#xA7; 63.2-1700 et seq.) of Title 63.2
   which is located within the geographical boundaries of the school division.

B. To the extent such funds are appropriated by the General Assembly, a school
division shall be reimbursed for the cost of educating a child with disabilities
who is not a resident of such school division under the following conditions:

   1. When the child with disabilities has been placed in foster care or other
   custodial care within the geographical boundaries of the school division by a
   Virginia agency, whether state or local, which is authorized under the laws of
   the Commonwealth to place children;

   2. When such child with disabilities has been placed within the geographical
   boundaries of the school division in an orphanage or children&#8217;s home
   which exercises legal guardianship rights; or

   3. When such child with disabilities, who is a resident of Virginia, has been
   placed, not solely for school purposes, in a child-caring institution or group
   home licensed under the provisions of Chapter 17 (&#xA7; 63.2-1700 et seq.) of
   Title 63.2 which is located within the geographical boundaries of the school
   division.

C. Each school division shall keep an accurate record of the number of days
which any child, identified in subsection A or B, was enrolled in its public
schools, the required local expenditure per child, the specific disability, if
applicable, the placing agency or person and the jurisdiction from which the
child was sent. Each school division shall certify this information to the Board
of Education by July 1 following the end of the school year in order to receive
proper reimbursement. No school division shall charge tuition to any such child.

D. When a child who is not a resident of Virginia, whether or not such child has
a disability, has been placed by an out-of-state agency or a person who is the
resident of another state in foster care or other custodial care or in a
child-caring institution or group home licensed under the provisions of Chapter
17 (&#xA7; 63.2-1700 et seq.) of Title 63.2 located within the geographical
boundaries of the school division, the school division shall not be reimbursed
for the cost of educating such child from funds appropriated by the General
Assembly. The school division in which such child has been enrolled shall bill
the sending agency or person for the cost of the education of such child as
provided in subsection C of &#xA7; 22.1-5.
			The costs of the support and maintenance of the child shall include the cost
of the education provided by the school division; therefore, the sending agency
or person shall have the financial responsibility for the educational costs for
the child pursuant to Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of
Children as set forth in Chapters 10 (&#xA7; 63.2-1000 et seq.) and 11 (&#xA7;
63.2-1100 et seq.) of Title 63.2. Upon receiving the bill for the educational
costs from the school division, the sending agency or person shall reimburse the
billing school division for providing the education of the child. Pursuant to
Article III of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, no sending
agency or person shall send, bring, or cause to be sent or brought into the
Commonwealth any child for placement unless the sending agency or person has
complied with this section by honoring the financial responsibility for the
educational cost as billed by a local school division.

E. To the extent that state funds appropriated by the General Assembly pursuant
to subsection A or B or other state funds, such as those provided on the basis
of average daily membership, do not cover the full cost of educating a child
pursuant to this subsection, a school division shall be reimbursed by (i) the
school division in which a child&#8217;s custodial parent or guardian resides or
(ii) in the case of a child who has been placed in the custody of the Department
of Social Services, the school division in which the parent or guardian who had
custody immediately preceding the placement resides, for any remaining costs of
educating such child, whether or not such child has a disability, who has been
placed, not solely for school purposes, in (a) foster care or other custodial
care within the geographical boundaries of the school division to be reimbursed,
or (b) a child-caring institution or group home licensed under the provisions of
Chapter 17 (&#xA7; 63.2-1700 et seq.) of Title 63.2 that is located within the
geographical boundaries of the school division to be reimbursed.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 101; 1992, cc. 837, 880; 1994, c. 854; 2014, c. 790; 2023, cc.
148, 149.