Bill Text: VA SB187 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Special education; revised staffing requirements, report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-08 - Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations [SB187 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-SB187-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 187 Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled January 8, 2024 A BILL to require the Department of Education to develop a plan for revised special education staffing requirements; report. ---------- Patron-- Subramanyam ---------- Referred to Committee on Rules ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and any other relevant individuals with expertise in special education as the Department of Education deems appropriate, shall develop a plan for revised special education staffing requirements that addresses the staffing needs of each special education program in each school division as determined by the specific educational and behavioral support needs of students who receive special education and aims to improve special education teacher recruitment and retention. The Department of Education shall submit a report to the Governor, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the House Committee on Education by November 1, 2024 on its plan for revising special education staffing requirements in accordance with the provisions of this act.