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1998 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-217.01 as follows:
§ 22.1-217.01. Information on educational and other services for students identified as hearing or visually impaired.
The Department of Education shall annually prepare and distribute to local school boards packets of information describing the educational and other services available through the Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, and the Virginia Department for the Visually Handicapped to students who are identified as hearing impaired or visually impaired. Local school boards shall annually distribute this information to the parents of those students who are identified as hearing impaired or visually impaired.