                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROGRAMS AND TEACHERS IN REGIONAL DETENTION HOMES, CERTAIN LOCAL DETENTION HOMES
AND STATE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS (§ 22.1-209.2)

The Board shall prepare and supervise the implementation in regional detention
homes and local detention homes a program designed to educate and train the
children detained in the homes. In addition, the Board shall supervise those
programs of evaluation, education, and training provided to school-age children
by the Department of Health, the Department of Behavioral Health and
Developmental Services, the children&#8217;s teaching hospital associated with
the Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University, the
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority, the children&#8217;s
teaching hospital associated with the Virginia Commonwealth University Health
System Authority, and the University of Virginia Hospitals pursuant to the
Board&#8217;s standards and regulations as required by § 22.1-7.
		The Board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to
conform these programs with the applicable federal and state laws and
regulations including teacher/student ratios and special education requirements
for children with disabilities. The education programs in the relevant detention
homes and state agencies and institutions shall be approved by the Board, and
the Board shall prepare a budget for these educational programs that shall be
solely supported by such general funds as are appropriated by the General
Assembly for this purpose. Teacher staffing ratios for regional or local
detention homes shall be based on a ratio of one teacher for every 12 beds based
on the capacity of the facility; however, if the previous year&#8217;s average
daily attendance exceeds this bed capacity, the ratio shall be based on the
average daily attendance at the facility as calculated by the Department from
the previous school year.
		The Board shall enter into contracts with the relevant state agency or
institution or detention facility or the local school divisions in which the
state agencies or institutions or the regional detention homes and the relevant
local detention homes are located for the hiring and supervision of teachers.
		In any case in which the Board enters into a contract with the relevant state
agency or institution, the Department of Human Resource Management shall
establish salary schedules for the teachers that are competitive with those in
effect for the school divisions in which the agency or institution is located.

HISTORY: 1987, c. 414; 1992, cc. 209, 439; 1994, c. 854; 2000, cc. 66, 657, 865;
2002, cc. 87, 478; 2008, cc. 46, 151; 2009, cc. 813, 840; 2022, c. 355; 2023,
cc. 756, 778.