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2003 SESSION

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HB 2679 Special education.

Introduced by: Winsome Earle Sears | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Special education. Directs school divisions to provide special education to children of school age who are Virginia residents and who reside in a facility dually licensed by the Departments of Health as a nursing facility and Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services as a residential care facility as of January 1, 2003, by adding these children to the definition of "children with disabilities, residing within its jurisdiction."

In addition, Board of Education regulations will identify these children who are eligible to be placed in public school programs. Finally, the measure provides that the school division may charge tuition as provided in § 22.1-5.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/03  House: Presented & ordered printed 036089930  pdf | impact statement
• 01/31/03  House: Printed as engrossed 036089930-E  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/14/03  House: Presented & ordered printed 036089930
• 01/14/03  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/20/03  House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: 1
• 01/29/03  House: Reported from Education with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/03  House: Read first time
• 01/31/03  House: Read second time
• 01/31/03  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/31/03  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 01/31/03  House: Printed as engrossed 036089930-E
• 02/01/03  House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 02/01/03  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 02/01/03  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/03/03  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/03/03  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/10/03  Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Ed. & Health (15-Y 0-N)