                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SPECIAL EDUCATION TRANSITION PLANNING AND MATERIALS (§ 22.1-217.2)

A. The Superintendent shall make available special education transition
materials for students and parents to be used during a student&#8217;s annual
Individualized Education Program meeting as required by the State Board of
Education Regulations Governing Special Education Programs for Children with
Disabilities in Virginia (8VAC20-81-118 and 20 U.S.C. &#xA7; 1400 et seq.) and
direct local school divisions to use the material to the fullest extent
possible. Such materials shall be prepared and updated as necessary by the
Department and shall include information describing services that can be
provided in the least restrictive environment possible and the purpose and use
of temporary guardianship, limited guardianship, and guardianship, as those
terms are defined in &#xA7; 64.2-2000.

B. Any individualized education program (IEP) meeting for any student with a
disability that is held for the purpose of postsecondary transition planning and
the consideration of needed postsecondary transition services shall include,
consistent with the guidance documents relating to postsecondary transition
planning and services developed by the Department pursuant to subdivisions 1 and
4 of &#xA7; 22.1-214.4, consideration and documentation of any information
relating to such student&#8217;s needed postsecondary transition services that
may be necessary or relevant to coordinating and facilitating the successful and
efficient transition of such student from secondary school to an institution of
higher education.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 855; 2025, c. 202.