22.1-209.2 - Programs and teachers in regional detention homes, certain local detention homes and state agencies and institutions. - Virginia Statutes

§ 22.1-209.2. Programs and teachers in regional detention homes, certainlocal detention homes and state agencies and institutions.

The Board of Education shall prepare and supervise the implementation in theregional detention homes and those local detention homes having teacherswhose salaries were being funded by the Commonwealth on January 1, 1984, aprogram designed to educate and train the children detained in the homes. Inaddition, the Board shall supervise those programs of evaluation, educationand training provided to school-age children by the Department of Health, theDepartment of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the children'steaching hospital associated with the Eastern Virginia Medical School, theVirginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority, the children'steaching hospital associated with the Virginia Commonwealth University HealthSystem Authority, and the University of Virginia Hospitals pursuant to theBoard's standards and regulations as required by § 22.1-7.

The Board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary toconform these programs with the applicable federal and state laws andregulations including, but not limited to, teacher/student ratios and specialeducation requirements for children with disabilities. The education programsin the relevant detention homes and state agencies and institutions shall beapproved by the Board and the Board shall prepare a budget for theseeducational programs which shall be solely supported by such general funds asare appropriated by the General Assembly for this purpose. Teacher staffingratios for regional or local detention homes shall be based on a ratio of oneteacher for every twelve beds based on the capacity of the facility; however,if the previous year's average daily attendance exceeds this bed capacity,the ratio shall be based on the average daily attendance at the facility ascalculated by the Department of Education from the previous school year.

The Board of Education shall enter into contracts with the relevant stateagency or institution or detention facility or the local school divisions inwhich the state agencies or institutions or the regional detention homes andthe relevant local detention homes are located for the hiring and supervisionof teachers.

In any case in which the Board enters into a contract with the relevant stateagency or institution, the Department of Human Resource Management shallestablish salary schedules for the teachers which are competitive with thosein effect for the school divisions in which the agency or institution islocated.

(1987, c. 414; 1992, cc. 209, 439; 1994, c. 854; 2000, cc. 66, 657, 865;2002, cc. 87, 478; 2008, cc. 46, 151; 2009, cc. 813, 840.)