CHAPTER 324

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
22-9.4, to provide for public transportation of certain handicapped
children who attend special classes. CH 556]

Approved March 10, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
22-9.4 as follows:

§ 22-9.4. Any child enrolled in and attending a special class oper-
ated under the provisions of §§ 22-9, 22-9.1 or 22-9.2 shall be entitled to
transportation to and from such school or class at public expense. If,
because of physical incapacity or mental retardation, the child is unable
to use existing school transportation facilities, the school board may, in
lieu thereof, and in its discretion, allot funds to assist in paying the cost
of other means of transportation. Such cost shall not exceed an amount
approved by the State Board of Education with due regard to the cost of
transporting pupils in the public schools. Fifty per centum of such cost
shall be paid by the school division in which such child resides and fifty
per centum by the State.