§ 22.1-214.3. Department to develop certain curriculum guidelines; Board to approve
The Department of Education shall develop curricula for the school-age residents of the state training centers for the mentally retarded and curriculum guidelines for the school-age residents of the state mental health facilities in cooperation with the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services and representatives of the teachers employed to provide instruction to the children. Prior to implementation, the Board of Education shall approve these curricula and curriculum guidelines.
These curricula and curriculum guidelines shall be designed to provide a range of programs and suggested program sequences for different functioning levels and handicaps and shall be reviewed and revised at least every three years. In addition to academic programming, the curriculum guidelines for the school-age residents of the state mental health facilities shall include affective education and physical education as well as independent living and career and technical education, with particular emphasis on the needs of older adolescents and young adults.
(1985, c. 350; 2001, c. 483.)
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