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1999 SESSION

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CHAPTER 428 An Act to amend and reenact § 22.1-348 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. [S 1306] Approved March 25, 1999

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 22.1-348 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 22.1-348. Persons eligible; fees; educational programs to be provided; admissions procedures.

A. Persons of ages two through twenty-one shall be eligible for educational services provided by the schools. Until July 1, 1993, there shall be no charge for the education of students, but fees for student activities may be charged at the Board's discretion. Beginning July 1, 1993, the Department of Education shall be entitled to deduct annually from the locality's share for the education of pupils with disabilities a sum equal to the actual local expenditure per pupil in support of those students placed by the relevant local school division in either of the Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. The amount of the actual transfers shall be based on data accumulated during the prior school year.

B. The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at Staunton shall provide an educational program for children in preschool through grade twelve who are deaf from preschool through grade twelve and an educational program for children in preschool through grade twelve who are blind from preschool through grade twelve. The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at Hampton shall provide an educational program for children in preschool through grade twelve who are deaf from preschool through grade twelve, an educational program for children in preschool through grade twelve who are blind from preschool through grade twelve, and an educational program for children in preschool through grade twelve with sensory-impaired multiple disabilities from preschool through grade twelve.

The preschool programs may be residential or nonresidential or both at the discretion of the Board. The Board, from time to time, may approve additional programs as may be appropriate.

"Sensory-impaired multiple disabilities" means, for the purposes of this section and the identification of the program at the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at Hampton, concomitant impairments, including at least one significant sensory impairment, the combination of which requires services that cannot be provided in special education programs designed solely for one impairment. The term does not include deaf-blindness.

C. The Board may establish geographic attendance zones to determine the school each student shall attend. Students with sensory-impaired multiple disabilities shall attend the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at Hampton.

D. The Board shall prescribe procedures and criteria for determining admission to and the appropriate placement in the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at Hampton and the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at Staunton. The appropriateness of the placement of each student attending either school shall be reviewed at least annually.