A. The Board of Education shall promulgate regulations for the voluntary participation of school divisions in programs to allow each school-age child to receive educational services at another public school, either in the division in which the child resides or in another division, as selected by the child's parent or guardian. Each public school in a school division participating in an alternative attendance program shall be eligible to participate in an alternative attendance program unless exceptional circumstances, as defined by the Board of Education, render the participation of the school contrary to public interest.
B. The Board's regulations shall be promulgated under the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.) and shall include, but shall not be limited to, provisions which address the following: the required acknowledgement by a local school of its decision to participate in an alternative attendance program, including school board resolutions for intradistrict programs and agreements between divisions participating in interdistrict programs; the equitable allocation of places to accommodate students when there are insufficient places to serve such students; transportation and school bus scheduling needs within the local school divisions; school enrollment capacity, class size, pupil-teacher ratios, and staffing levels for related instructional, administrative, and supervisory personnel as required by the Standards of Quality and the Standards for Accrediting Public Schools; the adequacy of school resources to accommodate an increase in student enrollment, grade level designations, and course offerings; the enrollment of students whose education is subject to an individualized education plan (I.E.P.) as required under P.L. 94-142 as amended; the preservation of the uniqueness of schools established for particular educational purposes; the fiscal impact of accommodating parental preference on local school divisions; in the case of interdistrict attendance programs, the establishment of tuition charges authorized by § 22.1-5; and the need to maintain racial balance in the public schools. The regulations shall also establish the value of educational services, based on consideration of per pupil expenditures and state aid in the affected school. Any local school board which has been ordered by a state or federal court to achieve racial balance in its public schools shall maintain such racial balance when accommodating preference in the assignment of children to a school.
C. From such funds as may be appropriated, the Board shall provide for the independent evaluation of this alternative attendance program and shall submit the evaluation to the Governor, the Senate, and the House of Delegates by January 1 of each year.
1993, c. 947.
Structure Code of Virginia
§ 22.1-254.01. Certain students required to attend summer school or after-school sessions
§ 22.1-254.02. Students transferring from a public school
§ 22.1-254.1. Declaration of policy; requirements for home instruction of children
§ 22.1-254.2. Testing for high school equivalency; eligibility; guidelines
§ 22.1-255. Nonresident children
§ 22.1-259. Teachers to keep daily attendance records
§ 22.1-260. Reports of children enrolled and not enrolled; nonattendance
§ 22.1-261. Attendance officer to make list of children not enrolled; duties of attendance officer
§ 22.1-262. Complaint to court when parent fails to comply with law
§ 22.1-263. Violation constitutes misdemeanor
§ 22.1-264. Misdemeanor to make false statements as to age
§ 22.1-265. Inducing children to absent themselves
§ 22.1-266. Law-enforcement officers and truant children
§ 22.1-267. Proceedings against habitually absent child
§ 22.1-269.1. Alternative attendance programs
§ 22.1-270. Preschool physical examinations
§ 22.1-271.2. Immunization requirements
§ 22.1-271.4. Health requirements for home-instructed, exempted, and excused children
§ 22.1-271.5. Guidelines and policies and procedures on concussions in student-athletes
§ 22.1-271.6. School division policies and procedures on concussions in students
§ 22.1-271.7. Public middle school student-athletes; pre-participation physical examination
§ 22.1-271.8. Sudden cardiac arrest prevention in student-athletes
§ 22.1-272. Contagious and infectious diseases
§ 22.1-273. Vision and hearing of student to be tested; exceptions
§ 22.1-273.1. Annual screening for scoliosis
§ 22.1-273.2. Parent educational information regarding eating disorders
§ 22.1-273.3. Parent educational information regarding tobacco and nicotine vapor products
§ 22.1-273.4. Department of Education; guidance and resources; applied behavior analysis services
§ 22.1-274. School health services
§ 22.1-274.02. Certain memorandum of agreement required
§ 22.1-274.1. Criteria to identify toxic art materials; labeling; use in certain grades prohibited
§ 22.1-274.3. Policies regarding medication recommendations by school personnel
§ 22.1-274.4. Automated external defibrillators
§ 22.1-274.5. Topical sunscreen
§ 22.1-274.6. Seizure management and action plan; training
§ 22.1-275. Protective eye devices
§ 22.1-275.1. School health advisory board
§ 22.1-276.2. Removal of students from classes
§ 22.1-276.3. Ineligibility of students to compete in athletic competitions
§ 22.1-277. Suspensions and expulsions of students generally
§ 22.1-277.04. Short-term suspension; procedures; readmission
§ 22.1-277.05. Long-term suspensions; procedures; readmission
§ 22.1-277.06. Expulsions; procedures; readmission
§ 22.1-277.07. Expulsion of students under certain circumstances; exceptions
§ 22.1-277.07:1. Policies prohibiting possession of firearms
§ 22.1-277.08. Expulsion of students for certain drug offenses
§ 22.1-277.2:2. Alternative education program data
§ 22.1-279.1. Corporal punishment prohibited
§ 22.1-279.1:1. The use of seclusion and restraint in public schools; Board of Education regulations
§ 22.1-279.3. Parental responsibility and involvement requirements
§ 22.1-279.3:2. Public elementary and secondary school students; protective orders; notification
§ 22.1-279.3:3. Alternative school discipline process for certain incidents
§ 22.1-279.4. Information regarding prosecution for certain crimes
§ 22.1-279.7. Guidelines for student searches
§ 22.1-279.9. Development of programs to prevent crime and violence
§ 22.1-279.10. School resource officers; data
§ 22.1-280.2:1. Employment of school security officers
§ 22.1-280.2:2. Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013
§ 22.1-280.2:3. School boards; safety and security personnel
§ 22.1-280.2:4. School boards; firearms on school property
§ 22.1-280.4. School board action regarding destruction of property
§ 22.1-287. Limitations on access to records
§ 22.1-287.01. Student information; release to federal government agencies
§ 22.1-287.02. Students' personally identifiable information
§ 22.1-287.03. Unique student identification numbers
§ 22.1-287.04. Uniformed services-connected students
§ 22.1-287.1. Directory information
§ 22.1-288.1. Notation in school records of missing children; local law-enforcement cooperation
§ 22.1-289.01. School service providers; school-affiliated entities; student personal information