2025 SESSION

INTRODUCED

25104351D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1806

Offered January 13, 2025

Prefiled January 6, 2025

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-274.7, relating to students with individualized education programs or Section 504 Plans; emergency protocol and guide.

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Patrons—Cohen and Clark

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Referred to Committee on Education

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-274.7 as follows:

§ 22.1-274.7. Students with individualized education programs or Section 504 Plans; emergency protocol and guide.

Each individualized education program implemented for a public school student with a disability in accordance with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq., and each Section 504 Plan implemented for a public school student in accordance with § 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794, shall contain an addendum that has been reviewed and signed by the student's parent and that includes a protocol for individualized accommodations and supports for the student during emergency situations at school and a step-by-step guide on how to execute such protocol. Such addendum shall be provided to all of such student's teachers for implementation.