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Chapter 13.1 - The Standards of Quality
§ 22.1-253.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, cc. 645, 682.
Chapter 13.2 - Standards of Quality
§ 22.1-253.13:1. (For Expiration Date, see 2022 Acts cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Standard 1. Instructional programs supporting the Standards of Learning and other educational objectives - A. The General Assembly and the Board of Education believe...
§ 22.1-253.13:1. (For Effective Date, see 2022 Acts cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Standard 1. Instructional programs supporting the Standards of Learning and other educational objectives - A. The General Assembly and the Board of Education believe...
§ 22.1-253.13:2. (For Expiration Date, see 2022 Acts cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Standard 2. Instructional, administrative, and support personnel - A. The Board shall establish requirements for the licensing of...
§ 22.1-253.13:2. (For Effective Date, see 2022 Acts cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Standard 2. Instructional, administrative, and support personnel - A. The Board shall establish requirements for the licensing of...
§ 22.1-253.13:2. (Effective pursuant to Va. Const., Art. IV, § 13; for Expiration Date, see Acts 2022, cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Standard 2. Instructional, administrative, and support personnel - A. The Board shall establish requirements for the licensing of...
§ 22.1-253.13:2. (Effective pursuant to Va. Const, Art. IV, 13; for Effective Date, see Acts 2022, cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Standard 2. Instructional, administrative, and support personnel - A. The Board shall establish requirements for the licensing of...
§ 22.1-253.13:3. Standard 3. Accreditation, other standards, assessments, and releases from state regulations - A. The Board shall promulgate regulations establishing standards for accreditation...
§ 22.1-253.13:4. Standard 4. Student achievement and graduation requirements - A. Each local school board shall award diplomas to all...
§ 22.1-253.13:5. (For Expiration Date, see 2022 Acts cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Standard 5. Quality of classroom instruction and educational leadership - A. Each member of the Board of Education shall participate...
§ 22.1-253.13:5. (For Effective Date, see 2022 Acts cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Standard 5. Quality of classroom instruction and educational leadership - A. Each member of the Board of Education shall participate...
§ 22.1-253.13:6. (For Expiration Date, see 2022 Acts cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Standard 6. Planning and public involvement - A. The Board of Education shall adopt a statewide comprehensive,...
§ 22.1-253.13:6. (For Effective Date, see 2022 Acts cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Standard 6. Planning and public involvement - A. The Board of Education shall adopt a statewide comprehensive,...
§ 22.1-253.13:7. Standard 7. School board policies - A. Each local school board shall develop policies and procedures...
§ 22.1-253.13:8. Compliance - The Standards of Quality prescribed in this chapter shall be...
§ 22.1-253.13:9. Exemplar School Recognition Program - Schools and local school divisions shall be recognized by the...
§ 22.1-253.13:10. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2019, c. 771, cl. 2.
Chapter 14 - Pupils
§ 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...
Chapter 14.1 - Early Childhood Care and Education
§ 22.1-289.02. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 22.1-289.03. Early childhood care and education system; establishment - A. The Board shall establish a statewide unified public-private system...
§ 22.1-289.04. Early childhood care and education advisory committee - The Board shall establish an early childhood care and education...
§ 22.1-289.05. Uniform measurement and improvement system; regional entities; establishment - A. The Board shall establish a uniform measurement and improvement...
§ 22.1-289.06. Confidential records and information; penalty - A. The records, information, and statistical registries of the Department...
§ 22.1-289.07. Information related to shaken baby syndrome - The Department shall make information about shaken baby syndrome, its...
§ 22.1-289.08. Board to investigate child day programs at direction of Governor - Whenever the Governor considers it proper or necessary to investigate...
§ 22.1-289.08:1. Child Care Subsidy Program Overpayment Fund - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...
§ 22.1-289.09. Programs designed to promote educational opportunities - A. The General Assembly finds that effective prevention programs designed...
§ 22.1-289.010. Application fees; regulations and schedules; use of fees; certain facilities, centers and agencies exempt - The Board is authorized to adopt regulations and schedules for...
§ 22.1-289.011. Licenses required; issuance, expiration, and renewal; maximum number of participants or children; posting of licenses - A. As used in this section, "person" means any individual;...
§ 22.1-289.012. Local government to report business licenses issued to child day centers and family day homes - The commissioner of the revenue or other local business license...
§ 22.1-289.013. Investigation on receipt of application - Upon receipt of the application, the Superintendent shall cause an...
§ 22.1-289.014. Variances - The Superintendent may grant a variance to a regulation when...
§ 22.1-289.015. Voluntary registration of family day homes; inspections; investigation upon receipt of complaint; revocation or suspension of registration - A. Any person who maintains a family day home serving...
§ 22.1-289.016. Unlicensed and unregistered family day homes; notice to parents - Every unlicensed, unregistered family day home shall provide written notice...
§ 22.1-289.017. Compliance with Uniform Statewide Building Code - Buildings licensed as child day programs or family day systems...
§ 22.1-289.018. Inspections and interviews - A. Applicants for licensure and licensees shall at all times...
§ 22.1-289.019. Inspections of child day programs and family day systems; prioritization - The Superintendent shall prioritize inspections of child day programs and...
§ 22.1-289.020. Issuance or refusal of license; notification; provisional and conditional licenses - Upon completion of his investigation, the Superintendent shall issue an...
§ 22.1-289.021. Records and reports - Every licensed or registered child day program and family day...
§ 22.1-289.022. Enforcement and sanctions; child day programs and family day systems; revocation and denial - A. The Superintendent may revoke or deny the renewal of...
§ 22.1-289.023. Enforcement and sanctions; special orders; civil penalties - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, following a proceeding...
§ 22.1-289.024. (Effective January 1 2022) Appeal from refusal, denial of renewal, or revocation of license - A. Whenever the Superintendent refuses to issue a license or...
§ 22.1-289.025. Right to appeal notice of intent; child day programs and family day systems operated by agencies of the Commonwealth - Any child day program or family day system operated by...
§ 22.1-289.026. Injunction against operation without license - Any circuit court having jurisdiction in the county or city...
§ 22.1-289.027. Offenses; penalty - Any person, and each officer and each member of the...
§ 22.1-289.028. Misleading advertising prohibited - No child day program or family day system shall make,...
§ 22.1-289.029. Duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth - It shall be the duty of the attorney for the...
§ 22.1-289.030. Exemptions from licensure - A. The following programs are not child day programs and...
§ 22.1-289.031. Child day center operated by religious institution exempt from licensure; annual statement and documentary evidence required; enforcement; injunctive relief - A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a child...
§ 22.1-289.032. Certification of preschool or nursery school programs operated by accredited private schools; provisional certification; annual statement and documentary evidence required; enforcement; injunctive relief - A. A preschool or nursery school program operated by a...
§ 22.1-289.033. Inspection of unlicensed child care operations; inspection warrant - In order to perform his duties under this chapter, the...
§ 22.1-289.034. Barrier crime; construction - For purposes of this chapter, convictions for any barrier crime...
§ 22.1-289.035. Licensed child day centers, family day homes, and family day systems; employment for compensation or use as volunteers of persons convicted of or found to have committed certain offenses prohibited; national background check required;... - A. No child day center, family day home, or family...
§ 22.1-289.036. Background check upon application for licensure, registration, or approval as child day center, family day home, or family day system; penalty - A. Every (i) applicant for licensure as a child day...
§ 22.1-289.037. Revocation or denial of renewal based on background checks; failure to obtain background check - A. The Superintendent may revoke or deny renewal of a...
§ 22.1-289.038. Child day programs and family day systems; criminal conviction and waiver - A. Any person who seeks to operate, volunteer, or work...
§ 22.1-289.039. Records check by unlicensed child day center; penalty - Any child day center that is exempt from licensure pursuant...
§ 22.1-289.040. Child day centers and family day homes receiving federal, state, or local child care funds; eligibility requirements - A. Whenever any child day center or family day home...
§ 22.1-289.041. Sex offender or child abuser prohibited from operating or residing in family day home; penalty - It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a...
§ 22.1-289.042. Establishment of toll-free telephone line for complaints; investigation on receipt of complaints - With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the...
§ 22.1-289.043. Confidentiality of complainant's identity - Whenever the Department conducts inspections and investigations in response to...
§ 22.1-289.044. Retaliation or discrimination against complainants - No child day program or family day system shall retaliate...
§ 22.1-289.045. Retaliation against reports of child abuse or neglect - No child day program or family day system shall retaliate...
§ 22.1-289.046. Regulations for child day programs and family day systems - A. The Board shall adopt regulations for the activities, services,...
§ 22.1-289.047. Interagency agreements; cooperation of Department with other departments - The Department is authorized to enter into interagency agreements with...
§ 22.1-289.048. Program leaders and child-care supervisors at licensed child day centers; approved credential - Program leaders and child-care supervisors employed by child day centers...
§ 22.1-289.049. Regulated child day programs to require proof of child identity and age; report to law-enforcement agencies - A. Upon enrollment of a child in a regulated child...
§ 22.1-289.050. Insurance notice requirements for family day homes; civil penalty - A. Any person who operates a family day home approved...
§ 22.1-289.051. Dual licenses for certain child day centers - Any facility licensed as a child day center which also...
§ 22.1-289.052. Asbestos inspection required for child day centers - The Superintendent shall not issue a license to any child...
§ 22.1-289.053. Delay in acting on application or in notification - In case the Superintendent fails to take final action upon...
§ 22.1-289.054. Visitation by parents or guardians in child day programs - A custodial parent or guardian shall be admitted to any...
§ 22.1-289.055. Public funds to be withheld for serious or persistent violations - The Board may adopt policies, as permitted by state and...
§ 22.1-289.055:1. Programs offered at certain residential private school - Programs offered to children who reside at a private school...
§ 22.1-289.056. Storage of firearms in certain family day homes - During hours of operation, all firearms in a family day...
§ 22.1-289.057. Child day programs and certain other programs; potable water; lead testing - A. Each child day program that is licensed pursuant to...
§ 22.1-289.058. Child day programs and certain other programs; carbon monoxide detectors - Each building that was built before 2015 and that houses...
§ 22.1-289.059. Possession and administration of an appropriate weight-based dosage of epinephrine by employees - The Board shall amend its regulations to require each early...
Chapter 15 - Teachers, Officers and Employees
§ 22.1-289.1. Teacher compensation; biennial review required - It is a goal of the Commonwealth that its public...
§ 22.1-289.2. Compensation of public school employees called to active duty military service - Public school employees whose active duty service with the regular...
§ 22.1-290. Board authorized to award teaching scholarship loans - The Board of Education may, out of such funds as...
§ 22.1-290.01. Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program established; purpose; Board of Education to administer Program; eligibility requirements for scholarship and awards; collaboration and consultation with State Council of Higher Education; repa... - A. With such funds as may be appropriated for this...
§ 22.1-290.02. Traineeships for education of special education personnel - A. There are hereby established traineeships that shall be awarded...
§ 22.1-290.1. Clinical faculty programs - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...
§ 22.1-290.2. Teacher, other instructional personnel, and support staff shortages; data - A. Each school board shall report to the Department of...
§ 22.1-291. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, c. 216, cl. 2.
§ 22.1-291.1. Planning time for school teachers - Each school board shall ensure that all elementary school teachers...
§ 22.1-291.1:1. School counselors; staff time - Each school counselor employed by a school board in a...
§ 22.1-291.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 872, cl. 7, effective May...
§ 22.1-291.3. Notice of duty to report child abuse or neglect - Each public school board and each administrator of every private...
§ 22.1-291.4. Bullying and abusive work environments prohibited - A. As used in this section: "Abusive conduct" means conduct...
§ 22.1-292. Penalties on officers and teachers - Any division superintendent, member of a school board or other...
§ 22.1-292.1. Violations related to secure mandatory tests - A. The Board of Education may (i) issue written reprimand...
§ 22.1-292.2. Suspension or revocation of license for procuring, selling, or administering anabolic steroids - A. The Board of Education shall suspend or revoke the...
§ 22.1-292.3. License may not be suspended solely on the basis of default or delinquency in payment of federal-guaranteed or state-guaranteed education loan or scholarship - The Board shall not be authorized to suspend or revoke...
§ 22.1-293. School boards authorized to employ principals and assistant principals; license required; powers and duties - A. A school board, upon recommendation of the division superintendent,...
§ 22.1-294. Probationary terms of service for principals, assistant principals, and supervisors; evaluation; reassigning principal, assistant principal, or supervisor to teaching position - A. A person employed as a principal, assistant principal, or...
§ 22.1-295. Employment of teachers - A. The teachers in the public schools of a school...
§ 22.1-295.1. Employee personnel files; maintenance of employee records; confidentiality of certain records - A. Personnel files of all school board employees may be...
§ 22.1-295.2. Employment discrimination prohibited - A. As used in this section: "Age" means being an...
§ 22.1-296. Payment of employees; reimbursement for private transportation; certain sick leave policies - A. Each school board shall provide for the payment of...
§ 22.1-296.1. Data on convictions for certain crimes and child abuse and neglect required; penalty - A. As a condition of employment for all of its...
§ 22.1-296.2. Fingerprinting required; reciprocity permitted - A. As a condition of employment, the school boards of...
§ 22.1-296.3. Certain private school employees subject to fingerprinting and criminal records checks - A. As a condition of employment, the governing boards or...
§ 22.1-296.4. Child abuse and neglect data required - A. Every school board and every governing board or administrator...
§ 22.1-297. Assignment of teachers, principals and assistant principals by superintendent - A division superintendent shall have authority to assign to their...
§ 22.1-298. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2006, cc. 27 and 349, cl. 2.
§ 22.1-298.1. (For Expiration Date, see 2022 Acts cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Regulations governing licensure - A. As used in this section: "Alternate route to licensure"...
§ 22.1-298.1. (For Effective Date, see 2022 Acts cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Regulations governing licensure - A. As used in this section: "Alternate route to licensure"...
§ 22.1-298.2. Regulations governing education preparation programs - A. As used in this section, "education preparation program" includes...
§ 22.1-298.2:1. (Contingent effective date - see note) Teacher employment data; education preparation programs - The Department of Education shall aggregate and report to each...
§ 22.1-298.3. Students with autism spectrum disorders; training required of personnel - A. Each school board shall ensure that aides assigned to...
§ 22.1-298.4. Teacher preparation programs; learning disabilities - The Department of Education shall collaborate with the State Council...
§ 22.1-298.5. Regulations governing licensure; endorsement in dual language instruction pre-kindergarten through grade six - A. As used in this section, "dual language instruction" means...
§ 22.1-298.6. Mental health awareness training - A. Each school board shall adopt and implement policies that...
§ 22.1-298.7. Teachers and other licensed school board employees; cultural competency training - Each school board shall adopt and implement policies that require...
§ 22.1-299. License required of teachers; provisional licenses; exceptions - A. No teacher shall be regularly employed by a school...
§ 22.1-299.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1990, c. 970.
§ 22.1-299.2. National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund - A. From such funds as may be appropriated for such...
§ 22.1-299.3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, cc. 588 and 650, cl. 2.
§ 22.1-299.4. Teach for America license - A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the...
§ 22.1-299.5. Waiver of teacher licensure requirements; trade and industrial education programs - A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any...
§ 22.1-299.6. Career and technical education; three-year licenses - A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the...
§ 22.1-299.7. Microcredential program; certain STEM subjects - A. The Department of Education may establish a microcredential program...
§ 22.1-299.7:1. (For Effective Date, See 2022 Acts cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Microcredential program; reading specialists - A. The Department shall establish a microcredential program for the...
§ 22.1-299.8. Technical professional licenses; substitution of certain professional development activities for required coursework - The Board shall permit any individual who seeks a technical...
§ 22.1-300. Tuberculosis certificate - As a condition to employment, every public school employee, including...
§ 22.1-301. Costs of medical examinations and of furnishing medical records - It shall be unlawful for any school board to require...
§ 22.1-302. Written contracts required; execution of contracts; qualifications of temporarily employed teachers; rules and requirements - A. A written contract, in a form permitted by the...
§ 22.1-303. Probationary terms of service for teachers - A. A probationary term of service of three years in...
§ 22.1-303.1. Immunity from civil liability for certain individuals - Any teacher who, in good faith, participates in conducting a...
§ 22.1-304. Reemployment of teacher who has not achieved continuing contract status; effect of continuing contract; resignation of teacher; reduction in number of teachers - A. If a teacher who has not achieved continuing contract...
§ 22.1-305. Nonrenewal of contract of probationary teacher - A. Before a division superintendent recommends to the school board...
§ 22.1-305.1. Mentor teacher programs - A. The Board of Education shall establish, from such funds...
§ 22.1-305.2. Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure - There is hereby established the Advisory Board on Teacher Education...
§ 22.1-306. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 22.1-307. Dismissal of teacher; grounds - Teachers may be dismissed for incompetency, immorality, noncompliance with school...
§ 22.1-308. Grievance procedure - A. The Board of Education shall prescribe a grievance procedure...
§ 22.1-309. Notice to teacher of recommendation of dismissal; school board not to consider merits during notice; superintendent required to provide reasons for recommendation upon request - In the event a division superintendent determines to recommend dismissal...
§ 22.1-310. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, cc. 588 and 650, cl. 2.
§ 22.1-311. Hearing before school board, hearing officer, or fact-finding panel - A. Upon a timely request for a hearing pursuant to...
§ 22.1-312. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, cc. 588 and 650, cl. 2.
§ 22.1-313. Decision of school board; generally - A. The school board shall retain its exclusive final authority...
§ 22.1-314. Decision of school board; issue of grievability; appeal - Decisions regarding whether or not a matter is grievable shall...
§ 22.1-315. Grounds and procedure for suspension - A. A teacher or other public school employee, whether full-time...
§ 22.1-316. Agreement entered into and enacted into law; form of agreement - The Interstate Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel is hereby...
§ 22.1-317. Superintendent of Public Instruction to be "designated state official." - The "designated state official" for this Commonwealth for the purposes...
§ 22.1-318. Filing and publication of contracts made pursuant to Agreement - True copies of all contracts made on behalf of this...
§ 22.1-318.1. Strategic Compensation Grant Fund established - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...
§ 22.1-318.2. Strategic Compensation Grant Initiative - A. As used in this section: "Fund" means the Strategic...
Chapter 16 - Schools for Students with Disabilities
§ 22.1-319. Definitions - As used in this chapter unless the context requires a...
§ 22.1-320. Exemptions - This chapter shall not apply to any of the following:...
§ 22.1-321. Regulations - The Board of Education shall make regulations not inconsistent with...
§ 22.1-321.1. Possession and administration of epinephrine - The Board shall promulgate regulations for the possession and administration...
§ 22.1-322. Advisory committees - The Board may appoint an advisory committee, to be composed...
§ 22.1-323. Licenses generally - A. No person shall open, operate, or conduct any school...
§ 22.1-323.1. Provisional and conditional licenses - Upon completion of the investigation for renewal of a license...
§ 22.1-323.2. Licensure of services delivered in group homes and residential facilities for children - A. The Department of Education shall cooperate with other state...
§ 22.1-324. Application for license; information required; student guaranty provisions - A. To obtain a license to operate a school, an...
§ 22.1-325. Application to contain certain commitments - Each application for a license to operate a school shall...
§ 22.1-326. License restricted to specific disability categories; supplementary application - A school may offer education programs serving the disability categories...
§ 22.1-326.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 991.
§ 22.1-327. Fees - The Board may establish fees and the methods for collecting...
§ 22.1-328. Renewal of licenses - The license of each school that continues to operate as...
§ 22.1-329. Denial, revocation or suspension of license; grounds; summary suspension under certain circumstances; penalty - A. The Board may refuse to issue or renew a...
§ 22.1-330. Same; investigation; time within which to correct unsatisfactory conditions - The Board or Department may, upon its own motion, and...
§ 22.1-331. Violations - Any person who opens, operates or conducts any school without...
§ 22.1-332. List of schools holding valid licenses - The Department shall maintain a list of schools holding valid...
§ 22.1-333. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 991.
Chapter 17 - Compact for Education; Education Commission of the States
§ 22.1-336. Compact entered into and enacted into law; form of compact - The compact for education is hereby enacted into law and...
§ 22.1-337. Virginia representatives on Education Commission of the States; membership; terms; compensation and expenses; chairman's executive summary - In accordance with the Compact for Education of 1968, which...
§ 22.1-338. Education Commission to file bylaws with State Council of Higher Education - Pursuant to paragraph I of Article III of the compact...
Chapter 18 - Department of Correctional Education
§ 22.1-339. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 803 and 835, cl. 100.
Chapter 19 - The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind
§ 22.1-346. Transfer of property; rights and duties of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; supervision of school; appointment and removal of officers and faculty; certain funding initiatives - A. All of the real estate and personal property now...
§ 22.1-346.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2009, c. 210, cl. 4, effective July...
§ 22.1-346.2. Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind established - A. There is hereby established the Board of Visitors of...
§ 22.1-347. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2009, c. 210, cl. 4, effective July...
§ 22.1-348. Persons eligible; fees; educational programs to be provided; admissions procedures - A. Persons from birth through age 21 shall be eligible...
§ 22.1-349. Terms of employment of teachers - For the purpose of retirement and other statutory benefits, teachers...
Chapter 19.1 - College Partnership Laboratory Schools
§ 22.1-349.1. Definitions; objectives - A. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires...
§ 22.1-349.2. College Partnership Laboratory School Fund - There is created in the state treasury a special nonreverting...
§ 22.1-349.3. Establishment and operation of college partnership laboratory schools; requirements - A. A college partnership laboratory school is subject to all...
§ 22.1-349.4. Contracts for college partnership laboratory schools; release from certain policies and regulations - A. The contract between the college partnership laboratory school and...
§ 22.1-349.5. College partnership laboratory school application - A. Any public institution of higher education or private institution...
§ 22.1-349.6. Review of college partnership laboratory school applications - A. The Board shall establish procedures for receiving, reviewing, and...
§ 22.1-349.7. Decision of the Board final - The decision of the Board to grant or deny a...
§ 22.1-349.8. College partnership laboratory school terms; renewals and revocations - A. A college partnership laboratory school may be approved or...
§ 22.1-349.9. Employment of professional, licensed personnel - A. College partnership laboratory school personnel are employees of the...
§ 22.1-349.10. Funding of college partnership laboratory schools - A. Each college partnership laboratory school shall receive such funds...
§ 22.1-349.11. Immunity - A college partnership laboratory school is immune from liability to...
Chapter 20 - Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium
§ 22.1-350. Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium created; region defined; governing board - A. The Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium is hereby established...
§ 22.1-351. Functions and duties - The Consortium shall perform the following functions and duties: 1....
§ 22.1-352. Executive director; staff support; location - From such funds as may be appropriated or received, the...
§ 22.1-353. Application for and acceptance of gifts and grants - The Consortium is authorized to apply for, accept, and expend...
§ 22.1-354. Cooperation of other agencies - All agencies of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with the Consortium...
Chapter 20.1 - Western Virginia Public Education Consortium
§ 22.1-354.1. Western Virginia Public Education Consortium and board created; region defined; governing board; chairman's executive summary - A. The Western Virginia Public Education Consortium is hereby established...
§ 22.1-354.2. Functions and duties - The Consortium shall perform the following functions and duties: 1....
§ 22.1-354.3. Executive director; staff support - From such funds as may be appropriated or received, the...
§ 22.1-354.4. Application for and acceptance of gifts and grants - The Consortium is authorized to apply for, accept, and expend...
§ 22.1-354.5. Cooperation of other agencies - All agencies of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with the Consortium...
Chapter 20.2 - Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Public Education Consortium
§ 22.1-354.6. Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Public Education Consortium created; region defined; governing board; membership; terms; compensation and expenses - A. The Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Public Education Consortium is hereby...
§ 22.1-354.7. Functions and duties - The Consortium shall perform the following functions and duties: 1....
§ 22.1-354.8. Executive director; staff support - From such funds as may be appropriated or received, the...
§ 22.1-354.9. Application for and acceptance of gifts and grants - The Consortium is authorized to apply for, accept, and expend...
§ 22.1-354.10. Cooperation of other agencies - All agencies of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with the Consortium...
Chapter 21 - Virginia Gifted Education Consortium
§ 22.1-355. Expired - Expired.
Chapter 22 - The Hampton Roads Museum Consortium
§ 22.1-356. The Hampton Roads Museum Consortium created; region defined; governing board - A. The Hampton Roads Museum Consortium is hereby established and...
§ 22.1-357. Purpose of the Consortium; functions; authority to apply for and receive gifts and grants - A. The Consortium shall serve the school divisions of Hampton...
Chapter 23 - Southern Regional Education Compact
§ 22.1-358. Form of Compact - The General Assembly hereby enacts, and the Commonwealth of Virginia...
§ 22.1-359. Southern Regional Education Board; appointment; terms; compensation and expenses - The Commonwealth's representatives to the Southern Regional Education Board in...
Chapter 24 - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
§ 22.1-360. Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children - The Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children is...
§ 22.1-361. Virginia Council on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children - In accordance with the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for...
Chapter 25 - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Competition Team Grant Program and Fund
§ 22.1-362. Expired - Expired July 1, 2018, pursuant to Acts 2016, c. 761,...
Chapter 26 - Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Advisory Board
§ 22.1-364. The Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; purpose - The Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Advisory...
§ 22.1-365. Membership; terms; quorum; meetings - A. The Board shall have a total membership of 16...
§ 22.1-366. Compensation; expenses - Members shall receive such compensation for the performance of their...
§ 22.1-367. Powers and duties of the Board; acceptance of gifts and grants - A. The Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board shall have the...
§ 22.1-368. Staffing; cooperation from other state agencies - The Virginia STEM Coordinator at the Science Museum of Virginia...