The Board shall adopt regulations on the use of seclusion and restraint in public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth that (i) are consistent with its Guidelines for the Development of Policies and Procedures for Managing Student Behavior in Emergency Situations and the Fifteen Principles contained in the U.S. Department of Education's Restraint and Seclusion: Resource Document; (ii) include definitions, criteria for use, restrictions for use, training requirements, notification requirements, reporting requirements, and follow-up requirements; and (iii) address distinctions, including distinctions in emotional and physical development, between (a) the general student population and the special education student population and (b) elementary school students and secondary school students. The Board shall specifically (1) identify and prohibit the use of any method of restraint or seclusion that it determines poses a significant danger to the student and (2) establish safety standards for seclusion.
2015, cc. 142, 147; 2019, c. 591.
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