Virginia SB 552: Regional alternative education programs; funding.

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SENATE BILL NO. 552 

Offered January 8, 2020 

Prefiled January 7, 2020 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 22.1-209.1:2 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to regional alternative education programs; funding. 
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Patron-- Ruff 

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Referred to Committee on Education and Health 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 22.1-209.1:2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:

� 22.1-209.1:2. Regional alternative education programs for 
 certain students.

A. With such funds as may be appropriated for this purpose, 
 the Board of Education shall establish a program consisting of regional 
 alternative education options for elementary, middle, and high school students 
 in compliance with subdivision D 7 of � 22.1-253.13:1 who (i) have committed an 
 offense in violation of school board policies relating to weapons, alcohol or 
 drugs, or intentional injury to another person, or against whom a petition or 
 warrant has been filed alleging such acts or school board charges alleging such 
 policy violations are pending; (ii) have been expelled from school attendance 
 or have received one suspension for an entire semester, or have received two or 
 more long-term suspensions within one school year; or (iii) have been released 
 from a juvenile correctional center and have been identified by the 
 Superintendent of the Department of Juvenile Justice's Division of Education 
 and the relevant division superintendent as requiring a regional alternative 
 education program. Based on available space, a student may also be 
 administratively assigned to a regional alternative education program either at 
 the request of the parent and with the consent of the division superintendent 
 or by the division superintendent after written notice to the student and his 
 parent. Such notice of the opportunity for the student and/or his parent to 
 participate in a hearing conducted by the division superintendent or his 
 designee regarding such placement shall be issued and the assignment shall be 
 final unless altered by the school board, upon timely written petition, in 
 accordance with regulations of the school board, by the student or his parent, 
 for a review of the record by the school board. However, no child shall be 
 assigned to any regional alternative education program described in this 
 section for more than one school year without an annual assessment of the 
 placement to determine the appropriateness of transitioning the child into the 
 school division's regular program.

B. Applications for grants shall include the following 
 components:

1. An agreement executed by two or more school divisions and 
 approval of their respective governing bodies to offer a regional alternative 
 education option as