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Yes: 15 • No: 0
VirginiaSB962025 Regular SessionSenate
Parental Behavior Technician Registration and Participation Pilot Program; established.
Sponsored By: William M. Stanley, Jr. (Republican)
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Summary
Special education; Parental Behavior Technician Registration and Participation Pilot Program; established. Establishes the Parental Behavior Technician Registration and Participation Pilot Program (the Pilot Program), to be developed and administered by the Board of Education in collaboration with the Department of Health and the Advisory Board on Behavioral Analysis, for the purpose of assisting parents of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with becoming a registered behavior technician (RBT) in order to provide assistance to their children both in the classroom as a volunteer under the supervision of a licensed behavior analyst or other qualified Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) individual and outside the classroom in the home environment. The bill provides that the Pilot Program shall assist any eligible parent, defined as any parent of a child with ASD who is enrolled in a public school in the Commonwealth and receives special education, by (i) providing assistance, resources, and support to any eligible parent in meeting the requirements to receive an RBT credential and (ii) coordinating with the school board of the school division in which the child of an RBT-credentialed parent is enrolled to set up a volunteer position for the parent to provide assistance as an RBT in his child's special education program under the supervision of a licensed behavior analyst or other qualified ABA individual. The bill provides that funds appropriated for the at-risk add-on or for support services from basic school aid, pursuant to relevant law, may be used to fund the Pilot Program. Finally, the bill requires the Board of Education to report annually to the Governor and the Generally Assembly by October 1 of each year for the duration of the Pilot Program on the progress of the Pilot Program. The provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2027.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
William M. Stanley, Jr.
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 2/8/2024
Continued to 2025 in Education and Health
Yes: 15 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Left in Education and Health
11/19/2024SenateContinued to 2025 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2/8/2024SenateAssigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
1/24/2024SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
1/2/2024SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102048D
1/2/2024Senate
Bill Text
Introduced
1/4/2024
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