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2023 SESSION

23104757D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1492
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Education
on January 30, 2023)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Davis)
A BILL to require the Board of Education to amend certain regulations relating to the evaluation of a child to determine whether the child is in need of special education and related services.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Board of Education shall amend subdivisions B 1 g and h of 8VAC20-81-60 and subdivisions H 2 and 3 of 8VAC20-81-70 of the Virginia Administrative Code to permit local educational agencies to shorten the deadline of 65 business days from the date of receipt of referral for an initial evaluation or a reevaluation of a child to determine eligibility for special education and related services.