As used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning:

Terms Used In Virginia Code 22.1-319

  • Board: means the Virginia Board of Education. See Virginia Code 22.1-319
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the Department of Education. See Virginia Code 22.1-319
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Superintendent: means the Superintendent of Public Instruction. See Virginia Code 22.1-319

“Board” means the Virginia Board of Education.

“Department” means the Department of Education.

“Person” means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, association, business trust, corporation, or other business entity.

“School for students with disabilities” or “school” or “schools” means a privately owned and operated preschool, school, or educational organization, no matter how titled, maintained or conducting classes for the purpose of offering instruction for a consideration, profit, or tuition to persons determined to have autism, deaf-blindness, a developmental delay, hearing loss including deafness, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, an orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, an emotional disturbance, a severe disability, a specific learning disability, a speech or language impairment, a traumatic brain injury, or a visual impairment including blindness.

“Superintendent” means the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Code 1950, § 22-330.17; 1970, c. 665; 1972, c. 523; 1974, c. 303; 1977, c. 444; 1980, c. 559; 1988, c. 574; 1993, c. 351; 1996, cc. 691, 832; 2004, c. 991; 2012, cc. 476, 507; 2019, c. 288.