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2021 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Public Education

Hashmi (Chair), Howell, Locke, Dunnavant, Peake

Clerk: Michael Jackson
Staff: Julia Carlton, Anna Moir
Date of Meeting: January 14, 2021
Time and Place: 30 mins. after adj./Senate Chamber/Register to speak @ GA Website
https://virginia-senate.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3

S.B. 1099

Patron: Stuart

Children's Services Act; special education programs. Expands eligibility for services under the Children's Services Act to students who transfer from an approved private school special education program to a public school special education program established and funded jointly by a local governing body and school division located within Planning District 16 for the purpose of providing special education and related services when (i) the public school special education program is able to provide services comparable to those of an approved private school special education program and (ii) the student would require placement in an approved private school special education program but for the availability of the public school special education program.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-5211 and 2.2-5212 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Children's Services Act; special education programs.

21100578D

S.B. 1114

Patron: Peake

Children's Services Act; eligibility for state pool of funds. Expands eligibility for use of the state pool of funds under the Children's Services Act to services that are provided in a public school setting.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-5211 and 2.2-5212 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Children's Services Act; eligibility for state pool of funds.

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S.B. 1133

Patron: Suetterlein


Children's Services Act; eligibility for state pool of funds; pilot program related to educational placement transition for certain students with disabilities. Expands eligibility for use of the state pool of funds under the Children's Services Act to services that are provided in a public school setting and requires that private day schools be approved and licensed by the Department of Education or an equivalent out-of-state licensing agency to be eligible for the state pool of funds. The bill requires the Department of Education and relevant local school boards to develop and implement a pilot program for up to four years in two to eight local school divisions in the Commonwealth. In developing the pilot, the Department is required to partner with the appropriate school board employees in each such local school division to (i) identify the resources, services, and supports required by each student who resides in each such local school division and who is educated in a private school setting pursuant to his Individualized Education Program; (ii) study the feasibility of transitioning each such student from his private school setting to an appropriate public school setting in the local school division and providing the identified resources, services, and supports in such public school setting; and (iii) recommend a process for redirecting federal, state, and local funds, including funds provided pursuant to the Children's Services Act, provided for the education of each such student to the local school division for the purpose of providing the identified resources, services, and supports in the appropriate public school setting. The bill requires the Department of Education to make a report to the Governor, the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations, and the House Committees on Education and Appropriations on the findings of each pilot program after two and four years.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-5211 and 2.2-5212 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Children's Services Act; eligibility for state pool of funds; pilot program related to educational placement transition for certain students with disabilities.

21102014D

S.B. 1169

Patron: Norment

High school student parking passes; valid driver's license or driver privilege card required. Requires each public high school to require any student who applies to obtain a pass to park a vehicle on school property to provide evidence that the student possesses a valid driver's license or driver privilege card.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-205.1, relating to high school student parking passes; valid driver's license or driver privilege card required.

21100600D

S.B. 1303

Patron: Dunnavant

Local school divisions; in-person learning. Requires each local school division to make in-person learning available to all students by choice of the student's parent or guardian. The bill contains an emergency clause.

A BILL to direct each local school division in the Commonwealth to make in-person learning available to all students.

21102517D

EMERGENCY

S.B. 1313

Patron: Mason

Children's Services Act; special education programs. Requires that funds expended for special education services under the Children's Services Act only be expended on educational programs that are licensed by the Department of Education. The bill adds children and youth previously placed in approved private school educational programs for at least six months, who will receive transitional services in a public school setting for no longer than 12 months, to the target population for eligibility for the state pool of funds. The bill requires the Secretary of Education, in conjunction with the Office of Children's Services and the Department of Education, to establish a work group (the Work Group) with appropriate stakeholders to develop a detailed plan to direct the transfer of Children's Services Act funds currently reserved for children requiring an educational placement in a private special education day school or residential facility to the Department of Education and to develop a standardized reporting process, template, and reporting requirement for private special education day school tuition rates to ensure that tuition rates can be accurately compared across schools and over time. The bill requires that the Work Group submit its plan and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2021.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-5211 and 2.2-5212 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Children's Services Act; special education programs.

21102548D

S.B. 1317

Patron: Dunnavant

Local school boards; open enrollment policy required. Requires all local school boards to establish and implement policies to provide for the open enrollment to any school of any student who is eligible to receive free or reduced lunch upon the request of a parent or guardian, subject to conditions and limitations established by the local school board.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-7.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local school boards; open enrollment policy required.

21102514D

S.B. 1322

Patron: DeSteph

Public schools; seizure management and action plans; biennial training. Provides for the submission and utilization of seizure management and action plans for students with a seizure disorder. The bill requires that school nurses and certain school division employees biennially complete Board of Education-approved training in the treatment of students with seizure disorders. The bill provides immunity from civil liability for acts or omissions related to providing for the care of a student under a seizure management and action plan.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 8.01-225 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-274.6, relating to public schools; seizure management and action plan; biennial training.

21100698D