As used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning:”Board” means the Virginia Board of Education.”Department” means the Department of Education.”Person” means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, association, business trust, corporation, or other business entity.”School for students with disabilities” or “school” or “schools” means a privately owned and operated preschool, school, or educational organization, no matter how titled, maintained or conducting classes for the purpose of offering instruction, for a consideration, profit or tuition, to persons determined to have autism, deaf-blindness, a developmental delay, a hearing impairment including deafness, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, an orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, an emotional disturbance, a severe disability, a specific learning disability, a speech or language impairment, a traumatic brain injury, or a visual impairment including blindness.”Superintendent” means the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

History

Code 1950, § 22-330.17; 1970, c. 665; 1972, c. 523; 1974, c. 303; 1977, c. 444; 1980, c. 559; 1988, c. 574; 1993, c. 351; 1996, cc. 691, 832; 2004, c. 991; 2012, cc. 476, 507.