                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LICENSES GENERALLY (§ 22.1-323)

A. No person shall open, operate, or conduct any school for students with
disabilities in the Commonwealth without a license to operate such school issued
by the Board. A license shall be issued for a school if it is in compliance with
the regulations of the Board issued pursuant to this chapter, any fee for such
license has been paid, and its facilities are approved by the Board after an
inspection by the Department. No such license shall be transferable. The license
shall be prominently displayed on the premises of the school in a place open for
inspection by any interested person during the hours of operation.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7; 22.1-19, the Board shall require,
pursuant to regulation, any private school for students with disabilities that
is licensed by the Board, as a condition for renewal of its initial license to
operate, to obtain accreditation from an accrediting agency recognized by the
Virginia Council for Private Education within three years of the issuance of its
initial triennial license by the Board.

C. Any license issued to a residential school for students with disabilities,
except a provisional or conditional license issued pursuant to &#xA7;
22.1-323.1, may, upon written notification to the school, expire on a date
subsequent to its stated expiration date and determined at the discretion of the
Board, but in no case later than three years from the effective date. Licenses
issued to residential schools for students with disabilities which are effective
on or after July 1, 1992, may be issued for periods of up to three successive
years. Licenses may be issued to private day special education schools for
periods of up to three successive years.

D. The Superintendent or his authorized agents may make unannounced inspections
of each school for students with disabilities each year.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 22-330.21; 1970, c. 665; 1972, c. 523; 1980, c. 559;
1992, c. 666; 1994, c. 258; 2004, c. 991; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 172.