Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 671 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE OPERATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES › Section 8VAC20-671-210 - Responsibilities of the licensee

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The licensee shall:
1. Appoint an individual(s) to whom it
				delegates the authority and responsibility to assume the administrative
				direction of the school. The appointment shall be in writing.
2. Develop and implement a written
				decision-making plan that shall include provision for a staff person with the
				qualifications of the school administrator or education program director to be
				designated to assume the temporary responsibility for the operation of the
				school in the absence of the school administrator. The plan shall include a
				current organizational chart.
3.
				Ensure that staff positions and responsibilities meet the needs of the
				population served.
4. Develop a
				written statement of the objectives of the school including a description of
				the target population and the program offerings.
5. Develop and implement written policies and
				procedures to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the education program
				on a systematic and ongoing basis and implement improvements when the need is
				determined.
6. Ensure compliance
				with applicable child labor laws.
7. Develop a written policy prohibiting the
				consumption of tobacco products, illegal drugs, and alcohol or being under the
				influence of intoxicating or hallucinogenic agents while on campus and at
				school-sponsored student activities.
8. Require as a condition of employment that
				any applicant who accepts employment full-time or part-time, permanent or
				temporary, volunteers on a regular basis and will be alone with a student in
				the performance of his duties, or anyone who provides contractual services,
				including services of a student intern, on a regular basis and will be alone
				with a student in the performance of his duties shall submit to fingerprinting
				and to provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with the
				applicant's fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the
				Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history
				record information regarding such applicant.
Anyone who is hired or is approved to provide volunteer
				  services, contractual services, or services of a student-intern on a regular
				  basis and will be alone with students cannot begin working with children until
				  the criminal history background check has been received by the school.
9. Require as a condition of
				employment that any applicant who accepts employment requiring direct contact
				with students, whether full-time or part-time, permanent or temporary,
				volunteers on a regular basis and will be alone with a student in the
				performance of his duties; or anyone who provides contractual services,
				including services of a student intern on a regular basis and will be alone
				with a student in the performance of his duties, shall provide written consent
				and necessary personal information for the school to obtain a search of the
				registry of founded complaints of child abuse and neglect maintained by the
				Department of Social Services . Where the applicant has resided in another
				state within the last five years, the school shall as a condition of
				employment, determine if there are any founded complaints of child abuse or
				neglect in such state(s) pursuant to §§ 22.1-296.3 and 22.1-296.4 of
				the Code of Virginia.
a. Anyone who has not
				submitted to a search of the registry of founded complaints of child abuse and
				neglect maintained by the Department of Social Services shall not be permitted
				to work alone with children.
b. The
				results of the search of the registry must be received prior to permitting an
				applicant to work alone with children.