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HOUSE BILL NO. 257
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Education
on February 8, 2010)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate McClellan)
A BILL to require the Board of Education to amend its Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia as they relate to homebound instructional services.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Board of Education shall review its Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia (8 VAC 20-131) as they relate to homebound instructional services to address whether homebound instruction may be made available to students who are confined at home or in a health care facility for periods that would prevent normal school attendance based upon evidence submitted by any person licensed to diagnose and treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders by a health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions.