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§ 22.1-254. Compulsory attendance required; excuses and waivers; alternative education program attendance; exemptions from article - A. As used in this subsection, "attend" includes participation in...
§ 22.1-254.01. Certain students required to attend summer school or after-school sessions - The division superintendent may seek immediate compliance with the compulsory...
§ 22.1-254.02. Students transferring from a public school - When a student transfers from a school division, such school...
§ 22.1-254.1. Declaration of policy; requirements for home instruction of children - A. When the requirements of this section have been satisfied,...
§ 22.1-254.2. Testing for high school equivalency; eligibility; guidelines - A. The Board of Education shall establish a program of...
§ 22.1-255. Nonresident children - Any person who has residing with him for a period...
§ 22.1-256. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1999, cc. 488 and 552.
§ 22.1-258. Appointment of attendance officers; notification when pupil fails to report to school; plan; conference; court proceedings - Every school board shall have power to appoint one or...
§ 22.1-259. Teachers to keep daily attendance records - Every teacher in every school in the Commonwealth shall keep...
§ 22.1-260. Reports of children enrolled and not enrolled; nonattendance - A. Within 10 days after the opening of the school,...
§ 22.1-261. Attendance officer to make list of children not enrolled; duties of attendance officer - The attendance officer or the division superintendent or his designee...
§ 22.1-262. Complaint to court when parent fails to comply with law - A list of persons notified pursuant to § 22.1-261 shall...
§ 22.1-263. Violation constitutes misdemeanor - Any person violating the provisions of either § 22.1-254, except...
§ 22.1-264. Misdemeanor to make false statements as to age - Any person who makes a false statement concerning the age...
§ 22.1-264.1. Misdemeanor to make false statements as to school division or attendance zone residency; penalty - Any person who knowingly makes a false statement concerning the...
§ 22.1-265. Inducing children to absent themselves - Any person who induces or attempts to induce any child...
§ 22.1-266. Law-enforcement officers and truant children - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 16.1-246, any law-enforcement officer...
§ 22.1-267. Proceedings against habitually absent child - Any child permitted by any parent, guardian, or other person...
§ 22.1-268. Duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth to prosecute cases arising under article; jurisdiction of offenses - It shall be the duty of the attorneys for the...
§ 22.1-269. Board to enforce - The Board of Education shall have the authority and it...
§ 22.1-269.1. Alternative attendance programs - A. The Board of Education shall promulgate regulations for the...
§ 22.1-270. Preschool physical examinations - A. No pupil shall be admitted for the first time...
§ 22.1-271. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1982, c. 510.
§ 22.1-271.1. Definitions - For the purpose of § 22.1-271.2: "Admit" or "admission" means...
§ 22.1-271.2. Immunization requirements - A. No student shall be admitted by a school unless...
§ 22.1-271.3. Guidelines for school attendance for children infected with human immunodeficiency virus; school personnel training required; notification of school personnel in certain cases - A. The Board, in cooperation with the Board of Health,...
§ 22.1-271.4. Health requirements for home-instructed, exempted, and excused children - In addition to compliance with the requirements of subsection B,...
§ 22.1-271.5. Guidelines and policies and procedures on concussions in student-athletes - A. The Board of Education shall develop, biennially update, and...
§ 22.1-271.6. School division policies and procedures on concussions in students - The Board of Education shall amend its guidelines for school...
§ 22.1-271.7. Public middle school student-athletes; pre-participation physical examination - No public middle school student shall be a participant on...
§ 22.1-271.8. Sudden cardiac arrest prevention in student-athletes - A. The Board of Education shall develop, biennially update, and...
§ 22.1-272. Contagious and infectious diseases - Persons suffering with contagious or infectious disease shall be excluded...
§ 22.1-272.1. Responsibility to contact parent of student at imminent risk of suicide; notice to be given to social services if parental abuse or neglect; Board of Education, in cooperation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental S... - A. Any person licensed as administrative or instructional personnel by...
§ 22.1-273. Vision and hearing of student to be tested; exceptions - A. As used in this section: "Comprehensive vision program" means...
§ 22.1-273.1. Annual screening for scoliosis - Within the time periods specified in regulations promulgated by the...
§ 22.1-273.2. Parent educational information regarding eating disorders - Each school board shall annually provide parent educational information regarding...
§ 22.1-273.3. Parent educational information regarding tobacco and nicotine vapor products - Each school board shall annually provide educational information to parents...
§ 22.1-273.4. Department of Education; guidance and resources; applied behavior analysis services - The Department of Education shall develop and publish no later...
§ 22.1-274. School health services - A. A school board shall provide pupil personnel and support...
§ 22.1-274.01. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, c. 216, cl. 2.
§ 22.1-274.01:1. Students who are diagnosed with diabetes; self-care; insertion and reinsertion of insulin pump - A. Each local school board shall permit each enrolled student...
§ 22.1-274.02. Certain memorandum of agreement required - A. The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his designee and...
§ 22.1-274.1. Criteria to identify toxic art materials; labeling; use in certain grades prohibited - The State Department of Education, in cooperation with the State...
§ 22.1-274.2. Possession and administration of inhaled asthma medications and epinephrine by certain students or school board employees - A. Local school boards shall develop and implement policies permitting...
§ 22.1-274.3. Policies regarding medication recommendations by school personnel - The Board of Education shall develop and implement policies prohibiting...
§ 22.1-274.4. Automated external defibrillators - Each local school board may develop a plan to allow...
§ 22.1-274.5. Topical sunscreen - Any public elementary or secondary school student may possess and...
§ 22.1-274.6. Seizure management and action plan; training - A. The parent or guardian of a student with a...
§ 22.1-275. Protective eye devices - Every student and teacher in any school or institution of...
§ 22.1-275.1. School health advisory board - Each school board may establish a school health advisory board...
§ 22.1-276. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, cc. 688 and 820, cl. 2.
§ 22.1-276.01. Definitions - A. For the purposes of this article, unless the context...
§ 22.1-276.1. Expired - Expired.
§ 22.1-276.2. Removal of students from classes - A. Teachers shall have the initial authority to remove a...
§ 22.1-276.3. Ineligibility of students to compete in athletic competitions - Any nonprofit corporation founded in Virginia in 1913 that currently...
§ 22.1-277. Suspensions and expulsions of students generally - A. Students may be suspended or expelled from attendance at...
§ 22.1-277.01. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, cc. 688 and 820, cl. 2.
§ 22.1-277.04. Short-term suspension; procedures; readmission - A pupil may be suspended for not more than ten...
§ 22.1-277.05. Long-term suspensions; procedures; readmission - A. A pupil may be suspended from attendance at school...
§ 22.1-277.06. Expulsions; procedures; readmission - A. Pupils may be expelled from attendance at school after...
§ 22.1-277.07. Expulsion of students under certain circumstances; exceptions - A. In compliance with the federal Improving America's Schools Act...
§ 22.1-277.07:1. Policies prohibiting possession of firearms - Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each...
§ 22.1-277.08. Expulsion of students for certain drug offenses - A. School boards shall expel from school attendance any student...
§ 22.1-277.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, cc. 688 and 820, cl. 2.
§ 22.1-277.2. Authority to exclude students under certain circumstances; petition for readmission; alternative education program - A. A student, who has been expelled or suspended for...
§ 22.1-277.2:1. Disciplinary authority of school boards under certain circumstances; alternative education program - A. A school board may, in accordance with the procedures...
§ 22.1-277.2:2. Alternative education program data - The Department of Education shall annually collect from each school...
§ 22.1-278. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, cc. 688 and 820, cl. 2.
§ 22.1-279. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1990, c. 797 and Acts 1991, c....
§ 22.1-279.1. Corporal punishment prohibited - A. No teacher, principal or other person employed by a...
§ 22.1-279.1:1. The use of seclusion and restraint in public schools; Board of Education regulations - The Board shall adopt regulations on the use of seclusion...
§ 22.1-279.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, c. 533.
§ 22.1-279.3. Parental responsibility and involvement requirements - A. Each parent of a student enrolled in a public...
§ 22.1-279.3:1. Reports of certain acts to school authorities; reports of certain acts by school authorities to parents; reports of certain acts by school authorities to law enforcement - A. Reports shall be made to the division superintendent and...
§ 22.1-279.3:2. Public elementary and secondary school students; protective orders; notification - Any school principal who receives notice that a circuit court,...
§ 22.1-279.3:3. Alternative school discipline process for certain incidents - A. A school board may establish an alternative school discipline...
§ 22.1-279.4. Information regarding prosecution for certain crimes - School boards shall provide information developed by the office of...
§ 22.1-279.5. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, cc. 688 and 820, cl. 2.
§ 22.1-279.6. Board of Education guidelines and model policies for codes of student conduct; school board regulations - A. The Board of Education shall establish guidelines and develop...
§ 22.1-279.7. Guidelines for student searches - The Board of Education shall develop, in consultation with the...
§ 22.1-279.8. School safety audits and school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans required - A. For the purposes of this section, unless the context...
§ 22.1-279.9. Development of programs to prevent crime and violence - All school boards shall develop, in cooperation with the local...
§ 22.1-279.10. School resource officers; data - The Department of Criminal Justice Services, in coordination with the...
§ 22.1-280. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1989, c. 287.
§ 22.1-280.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, cc. 688 and 820, cl. 2.
§ 22.1-280.2. School crime line defined; development of school crime lines authorized; local school boards' authority; Board to promulgate regulations - A. As used in this section, "school crime line" means...
§ 22.1-280.2:1. Employment of school security officers - Local school boards and private or religious schools may employ...
§ 22.1-280.2:2. Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013 - A. This section shall be known and may be cited...
§ 22.1-280.2:3. School boards; safety and security personnel - A. The school board in each school division in which...
§ 22.1-280.2:4. School boards; firearms on school property - No school board may authorize or designate any person to...
§ 22.1-280.3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, cc. 688 and 820, cl. 2.
§ 22.1-280.4. School board action regarding destruction of property - A school board may take action against a pupil or...
§ 22.1-281. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2010, cc. 386 and 629, cl. 2.
§ 22.1-287. Limitations on access to records - A. No teacher, principal or employee of any public school...
§ 22.1-287.01. Student information; release to federal government agencies - Except as required by federal law or regulation, no member...
§ 22.1-287.02. Students' personally identifiable information - A. The Department of Education shall develop and make publicly...
§ 22.1-287.03. Unique student identification numbers - A. Neither the Department of Education nor any local school...
§ 22.1-287.04. Uniformed services-connected students - A. For purposes of this section, a "uniformed services-connected student"...
§ 22.1-287.1. Directory information - A. Notwithstanding §§ 22.1-287 and 22.1-288, directory information, as defined...
§ 22.1-288. Furnishing information to public or private school or institution of higher education or private business or professional school or institution of higher education or military force - Notwithstanding § 22.1-287, the principal of any public school may...
§ 22.1-288.1. Notation in school records of missing children; local law-enforcement cooperation - A. Each school board shall receive reports of disappearances of...
§ 22.1-288.2. Receipt, dissemination and maintenance of records of certain law-enforcement information - A. A division superintendent shall disseminate the notice or information...
§ 22.1-289. Transfer and management of scholastic records; disclosure of information in court notices; penalty - A. As used in this section: "Scholastic record" means those...
§ 22.1-289.01. School service providers; school-affiliated entities; student personal information - A. For the purposes of this section: "Elementary and secondary...