Virginia House Bill 2463 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Children with disabilities; due process hearings; burden of proof. Specifies that, in any due process hearing before a hearing officer to resolve certain disputes relating to the education of children with disabilities, the local school division has the burden of proof, including the burden of production and the burden of persuasion, provided that (i) in any due process hearing brought by a parent, the parent shall establish a prima facie case before the burden of persuasion falls on the local school division and (ii) in any dispute in which a party seeks tuition reimbursement for a unilateral placement, such party seeking tuition reimbursement has the burden of production and the burden of persuasion solely on the issue of the appropriateness of the unilateral placement.

Children with disabilities; due process hearings, burden of proof.

Del. Kathy Tran [D]

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Education
2019-01-18	House	Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2019-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103445D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	214	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	214.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2463
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2463+hil