                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP CERTAIN CURRICULUM GUIDELINES; BOARD TO APPROVE (§
22.1-214.3)

The Department of Education shall develop curricula for the school-age
individuals in state training centers and curriculum guidelines for the
school-age individuals in state hospitals operated by the Department of
Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in cooperation with the Department
of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and representatives of the
teachers employed to provide instruction to the children. Prior to
implementation, the Board of Education shall approve these curricula and
curriculum guidelines.
		These curricula and curriculum guidelines shall be designed to provide a range
of programs and suggested program sequences for different functioning levels and
disabilities and shall be reviewed and revised at least every three years. In
addition to academic programming, the curriculum guidelines for the school-age
individuals in state hospitals operated by the Department of Behavioral Health
and Developmental Services shall include affective education and physical
education as well as independent living and career and technical education, with
particular emphasis on the needs of older adolescents and young adults.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 350; 2001, c. 483; 2009, cc. 813, 840; 2012, cc. 476, 507;
2023, cc. 148, 149.