The Virginia Board of Education on Thursday adopted changes to how the state handles compliance complaints regarding students with disabilities.
Since 2019, Virginia has been under ongoing investigation by the U.S. Department of Education, which previously determined that the state repeatedly failed to resolve complaints filed by parents and did not have “reasonably designed” procedures and practices to ensure a timely resolution process for those complaints.
The regulatory changes, which would align Virginia with federal regulations, replace standards that had not been updated since July 29, 2015.
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