                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROGRAMS FOR THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE METHODS OF TEACHING
CHILDREN WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY, OR SERIOUS EMOTIONAL
DISTURBANCE (§ 22.1-217.1)

For the purpose of improving the quality of the education and training provided
to the school-age children in state hospitals and training centers operated by
the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, there is hereby
established a program of grants from such funds as are appropriated by the
General Assembly to promote the research and development of innovative methods
of teaching children with mental illness, intellectual disability, or serious
emotional disturbance in residential settings. This program shall be available
to the education directors and instructional staffs of the state hospitals and
training centers operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and
Developmental Services. The Board of Education shall award these grants on the
basis of the recommendations of an advisory committee composed of the Director
of the Virginia Treatment Center for Children, two representatives of the
Department of Education and two representatives of the Department of Behavioral
Health and Developmental Services. The advisory committee shall establish
objectives for these grants, develop requests for proposals and set criteria for
evaluating the applications for funds.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 332; 2009, cc. 813, 840; 2012, cc. 476, 507.