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The Board shall promulgate regulations allowing the Department of Education to so assist and cooperate with other state departments.\n\nB\n\nThe Board’s regulations shall address the services required to be provided in such homes and facilities as it may deem appropriate to ensure the education and safety of the students. In addition, the Board’s regulations shall include, but shall not be limited to (i) specifications for the structure and accommodations of such homes or facilities according to the needs of the children to be placed; (ii) rules concerning allowable activities, local government and home- or facility-imposed curfews, and study, recreational, and bedtime hours; and (iii) a requirement that each home or facility have a community liaison who shall be responsible for facilitating cooperative relationships with the neighbors, the local school division, local law enforcement, local government officials, and the community at large.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1318873,"text":"In addition to the requirement to cooperate with other state departments in licensing and certification of residential schools for students with disabilities, the Department of Education shall cooperate with other state departments in fulfilling their respective licensing and certification responsibilities and in reducing and simplifying the regulations involved in the licensing and certification of group homes and residential facilities for children when such homes or facilities include an educational program. 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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 358<\/a> and 471<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1410397,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354266,"identifier":"22.1-16.3","token":"22.1\/2\/22.1-16.3","url":"\/22.1-16.3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-16.3\/","token":"22.1\/2\/22.1-16.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cooperation with other state agencies regarding students placed in group homes or residential facilities having educational programs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-16.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In addition to the requirement to cooperate with other state departments<\/span> in licensing and certification of residential schools for students with disabilities, the Department<\/span> of Education shall cooperate with other state departments<\/span> in fulfilling their respective licensing and certification responsibilities and in reducing and simplifying the regulations involved in the licensing and certification of group homes and residential facilities for children when such homes or facilities include an educational program. The Board<\/span> shall promulgate regulations allowing the Department<\/span> of Education to so assist and cooperate with other state departments<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Board<\/span>’s regulations shall address the services required to be provided in such homes and facilities as it may deem appropriate to ensure the education and safety of the students. In addition, the Board<\/span>’s regulations shall include, but shall not be limited to (i) specifications for the structure and accommodations of such homes or facilities according to the needs of the children to be placed; (ii) rules concerning allowable activities, local government and home- or facility-imposed curfews, and study, recreational, and bedtime hours; and (iii) a requirement that each home or facility have a community liaison who shall be responsible for facilitating cooperative relationships with the neighbors, the local school division, local law<\/span> enforcement, local government officials, and the community at large. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOOPERATION WITH OTHER STATE AGENCIES REGARDING STUDENTS PLACED IN GROUP HOMES\nOR RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES HAVING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS (\u00a7 22.1-16.3)\n\nA. In addition to the requirement to cooperate with other state departments in\nlicensing and certification of residential schools for students with\ndisabilities, the Department of Education shall cooperate with other state\ndepartments in fulfilling their respective licensing and certification\nresponsibilities and in reducing and simplifying the regulations involved in the\nlicensing and certification of group homes and residential facilities for\nchildren when such homes or facilities include an educational program. The Board\nshall promulgate regulations allowing the Department of Education to so assist\nand cooperate with other state departments.\n\nB. The Board’s regulations shall address the services required to be\nprovided in such homes and facilities as it may deem appropriate to ensure the\neducation and safety of the students. In addition, the Board’s regulations\nshall include, but shall not be limited to (i) specifications for the structure\nand accommodations of such homes or facilities according to the needs of the\nchildren to be placed; (ii) rules concerning allowable activities, local\ngovernment and home- or facility-imposed curfews, and study, recreational, and\nbedtime hours; and (iii) a requirement that each home or facility have a\ncommunity liaison who shall be responsible for facilitating cooperative\nrelationships with the neighbors, the local school division, local law\nenforcement, local government officials, and the community at large.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 358, 471.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}