Item 272 | First Year - FY2027 | Second Year - FY2028 |
|---|---|---|
| Administrative and Support Services (49900) | $3,000,312 | $3,000,312 |
| General Management and Direction (49901) | FY2027 $3,000,312 | FY2028 $3,000,312 |
| Fund Sources: | ||
| General | FY2027 $3,000,312 | FY2028 $3,000,312 |
Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 26, Code of Virginia.
A. The Office of Children's Services may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Social Services for the provision of routine administrative support services.
B.1. The Office of Children's Services shall, on its website by October 1 of each year, (i) show the number of students in private day placements by locality; (ii) calculate the ratio of children in private day placements to the number of students in the local education agency (LEA); and (iii) identify the LEAs that exceed the statewide average of private day placements compared to the LEA's enrollment.
2. The Office of Comprehensive Services, in coordination with the Virginia Department of Education's Office of Special Education, shall report to the General Assembly by October 1 of each year: (i) recommendations made to each LEA and progress made in improving the LEA's ability to serve students; (ii) an assessment of barriers to students returning to a LEA from a private day placement including instances when the LEA refuses or is unable to provide a less restrictive environment due to a lack of available transition services and recommendations for returning students to public school who are deemed eligible; and (iii) trends in behavioral and emotional diagnoses including students on home-based instruction that may require private day placements.
3. The Office shall annually report for private day school placements the total and per pupil local and state costs and the number of students served, disaggregated by school division and primary disability category. The report shall also include local match rates. For the purposes of this report, the number of students and per pupil costs shall be adjusted to reflect length of enrollment in the program. The Office shall collaborate with the Department of Education to ensure that the data from this report is comparable and aligned with the annual report produced for the Students with Intensive Supports Needs Application (SISNA). Such report shall be posted to the Office's website annually no later than December 1, 2026.
C. The Office of Children's Services shall collect annually from each local Children's Services Act program the number of program staff by full- and part-time status and the administrative budget broken out by state and local funding to understand local program resources and target technical assistance to the most under-sourced local programs.