HB 231

            
2020 SESSION

20100485D

HOUSE BILL NO. 231


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled December 28, 2019

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section 
 numbered 22.1-217.2, relating to children with disabilities; alternative 
 placements; state funds.
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Patrons-- Freitas and Cole, M.L.

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Referred to Committee on Education

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
 
 
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section 
 numbered 22.1-217.2 as follows:
 
 
� 22.1-217.2. Alternative 
 placements; state funds.
 
 
Subject to such rules, 
 regulations, or procedures as the Department of Education may establish, the 
 parent of any child with a disability who is placed in a public school pursuant 
 to his individualized education program who subsequently 
 places his child 
 in a nonpublic school setting shall 
 receive from the school board, upon request, the applicable Standards of 
 Quality per pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposes and 
 apportioned to the school division, including the per pupil share of state 
 sales tax funding in basic aid and any state per pupil share of special education 
 funding for which the child is 
 eligible, to pay for tuition and fees associated 
 with such nonpublic school setting. Each such 
 parent shall submit annually to the division superintendent an 
 evaluation or assessment that indicates that the child is achieving an adequate 
 level of educational growth and progress.