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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>354498</law_id><section_number>22.1-221</section_number><catch_line>Transportation of children with disabilities attending public or private special education programs</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>22.1-176</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="60" identifier="22.1">Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="14" identifier="13">Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="7" identifier="2">Special Education</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each disabled child enrolled in and attending a <span class="dictionary">special education</span> program provided by the school division pursuant to any of the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Use of public or private facilities and personnel under contract for special education" href="/22.1-216/">22.1-216</a> or &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Reimbursement for placement in private schools; reimbursement of school boards from state funds" href="/22.1-218/">22.1-218</a> shall be entitled to transportation to and from such school or class at no cost if such transportation is necessary to enable such child to obtain the benefit of educational programs and opportunities. <a id="paragraph-1319672" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-221/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">school board</span> may, in lieu of providing transportation on an approved school bus, allot funds to pay the reasonable cost of special arrangement transportation. The Board of Education shall reimburse the <span class="dictionary">school board</span> sixty percent of such cost if funds therefor are available. <a id="paragraph-1319673" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-221/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Costs for operating approved school buses which are equipped or used primarily for transporting <span class="dictionary">children with disabilities</span> shall be reimbursed according to the regulations promulgated by the Board of Education from such state funds as are appropriated for this purpose. <a id="paragraph-1319674" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-221/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 22-10.11; 1974, c. 480; 1975, cc. 464, 513; 1978, c. 386; 1980, c. 559; 1983, c. 521; 1994, c. 854; 1996, cc. 123, 247.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Pinkerton v. Moye</name><case_number>Civ. A. 80-0016</case_number><citation>509 F. Supp. 107</citation><date>1981-02-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1448908/pinkerton-v-moye/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 509 F.Supp. 107 (1981) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="1"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Loudoun County School Board v. Commonwealth of Virginia .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>1760044</case_number><citation>45 Va. App. 466</citation><date>2005-04-26</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1063529/loudoun-county-school-board-v-commonwealth-of-virginia-board-of-education/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. *469 .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Steven W. White&amp; Janet WhitevSB of Henrico</name><case_number>1995002</case_number><citation></citation><date>2001-07-10</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1065001/steven-w-white-janet-whitevsb-of-henrico/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="3"><name>White v. School Bd. of Henrico County</name><case_number>Record 1995-00-2</case_number><citation>549 S.E.2d 16</citation><date>2001-07-10</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1287510/white-v-school-bd-of-henrico-county/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 549 S.E.2d 16 (2001) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="4"><name>SCHIMMEL BY SCHIMMEL v. Spillane</name><case_number>Civ. A. 85-0995-A</case_number><citation>630 F. Supp. 159</citation><date>1986-02-13</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2312017/schimmel-by-schimmel-v-spillane/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 630 F.Supp. 159 (1986) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="5"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. J v. a Minor, by her Mother and Next Best Friend, Anette H. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>0729164</case_number><citation>67 Va. App. 21</citation><date>2016-11-15</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4320985/j-v-a-minor-by-her-mother-and-next-best-friend-anette-h-veldhuyzen-v/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. OPINION BY .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="6"><name>Richards v. Fairfax County School Board</name><case_number>Civ. A. 92-874-A</case_number><citation>798 F. Supp. 338</citation><date>1992-09-02</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1556436/richards-v-fairfax-county-school-board/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 798 F.Supp. 338 (1992) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="7"><name>Beasley v. School Bd. of Campbell County</name><case_number>Record No. 0824-86-3</case_number><citation>367 S.E.2d 738</citation><date>1988-05-03</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1225893/beasley-v-school-bd-of-campbell-county/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 367 S.E.2d 738 (1988) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="8"><name>School Bd. of Campbell County v. Beasley</name><case_number>Record 880823</case_number><citation>380 S.E.2d 884</citation><date>1989-06-09</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1248475/school-bd-of-campbell-county-v-beasley/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 380 S.E.2d 884 (1989) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="9"><name>Martin v. School Bd. of Prince George County</name><case_number>Record No. 0994-85</case_number><citation>348 S.E.2d 857</citation><date>1986-10-07</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1341906/martin-v-school-bd-of-prince-george-county/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 348 S.E.2d 857 (1986) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
