Code of Virginia - Title 22.1 Education - Chapter 14 Pupils

22.1-254 Compulsory attendance required; excuses and waivers; alternative education program attendance; exem...
A. Except as otherwise provided in this article, every parent, guardian, or other person in the Commonwealth having control or charge of any child who ...
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 school attendance law as set forth in § 22.1-254 after a reasonable effort to seek ...
22.1-254.02 Students transferring from a public school
When a student transfers from a school division, such school division to the extent practicable, shall obtain written or electronic documentation of such transfer, in ...
22.1-254.1 Declaration of policy; requirements for home instruction of children
A. When the requirements of this section have been satisfied, instruction of children by their parents is an acceptable alternative form of education under the ...
22.1-254.2 Testing for general educational development; eligibility; guidelines
A. The Board of Education shall establish a program of testing for general educational development (GED) through which persons may earn a high school equivalency ...
22.1-255 Nonresident children
Any person who has residing with him for a period of sixty days or more any child within the ages prescribed in § 22.1-254 whose ...
22.1-256 , 22.1-257
Repealed by Acts 1999, cc. 488 and 552. ...
22.1-258 Appointment of attendance officers; notification when pupil fails to report to school
Every school board shall have power to appoint one or more attendance officers, who shall be charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this ...
22.1-259 Teachers to keep daily attendance records
Every teacher in every school in the Commonwealth shall keep an accurate daily record of attendance of all children in accordance with regulations prescribed by ...
22.1-260 Reports of children enrolled and not enrolled; nonattendance; social security numbers require...
A. Within 10 days after the opening of the school, each public school principal shall report to the division superintendent: 1. The name, age and ...
22.1-261 Attendance officer to make list of children not enrolled; duties of attendance officer
The attendance officer or the division superintendent shall check the reports submitted pursuant to subsection A of § 22.1-260 with the last school census and ...
22.1-262 Complaint to court when parent fails to comply with law
A list of persons notified pursuant to § 22.1-261 shall be sent by the attendance officer to the appropriate school principal. If the parent (i) ...
22.1-263 Violation constitutes misdemeanor
Any person violating the provisions of either § 22.1-254, except for clause (ii) of subsection A, §§ 22.1-255, 22.1-258, 22.1-267, or the parental responsibility provisions ...
22.1-264 Misdemeanor to make false statements as to age
Any person who makes a false statement concerning the age of a child between the ages set forth in § 22.1-254 for the purpose of ...
22.1-264.1 Misdemeanor to make false statements as to school division or attendance zone residency; penalt...
Any person who knowingly makes a false statement concerning the residency of a child, as determined by § 22.1-3, in a particular school division or ...
22.1-265 Inducing children to absent themselves
Any person who induces or attempts to induce any child to be absent unlawfully from school or who knowingly employs or harbors, while school is ...
22.1-266 Law-enforcement officers and truant children
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 16.1-246, any law-enforcement officer as defined in § 9.1-101 or any attendance officer may pick up any child who ...
22.1-267 Proceedings against habitually absent child
Any child permitted by any parent, guardian, or other person having control thereof to be habitually absent from school contrary to the provisions of this ...
22.1-268 Duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth to prosecute cases arising under article; jurisdiction of of...
It shall be the duty of the attorneys for the Commonwealth of the several counties and cities to prosecute all cases arising under this article. ...
22.1-269 Board to enforce
The Board of Education shall have the authority and it shall be its duty to see that the provisions of this article are properly enforced ...
22.1-269.1 Alternative attendance programs
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 ...
22.1-270 Preschool physical examinations
A. No pupil shall be admitted for the first time to any public kindergarten or elementary school in a school division unless such pupil shall ...
22.1-271 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1982, c. 510. ...
22.1-271.1 Definitions
For the purpose of § 22.1-271.2: "Admit" or "admission" means the official enrollment or reenrollment for attendance at any grade level, whether full-time or part-time, ...
22.1-271.2 Immunization requirements
A. No student shall be admitted by a school unless at the time of admission the student or his parent submits documentary proof of immunization ...
22.1-271.3 Guidelines for school attendance for children infected with human immunodeficiency virus; school pe...
A. The Board of Education, in cooperation with the Board of Health, shall develop, and revise as necessary, model guidelines for school attendance for children ...
22.1-271.4 Health requirements for home-instructed, exempted, and excused children
In addition to compliance with the requirements of subsection B, C, or H of § 22.1-254 or § 22.1-254.1, any parent, guardian or other person ...
22.1-272 Contagious and infectious diseases
Persons suffering with contagious or infectious disease shall be excluded from the public schools while in that condition. (Code 1950, § 22-249; 1968, c. 445; ...
22.1-272.1 Responsibility to contact parent of student at imminent risk of suicide; notice to be given to soci...
A. Any person licensed as administrative or instructional personnel by the Board of Education and employed by a local school board who, in the scope ...
22.1-273 Sight and hearing of pupil to be tested
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare or cause to be prepared, with the advice and approval of the State Health Commissioner, suitable test cards, ...
22.1-273.1 Annual screening for scoliosis
Within the time periods specified in regulations promulgated by the Board of Education, each school board shall provide parent educational information or implement a program ...
22.1-274 School health services
A. A school board shall provide pupil personnel and support services, in compliance with § 22.1-253.13:2. A school board may employ school nurses, physicians, physical ...
22.1-274.01 School Nurse Incentive Grants Program and Fund
A. From such funds as may be appropriated for such purpose and from such gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds as may be received ...
22.1-274.02 Certain memorandum of agreement required
A. The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his designee and the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services or his designee shall develop 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 Department of Health, shall develop criteria to identify toxic art materials. After these criteria have ...
22.1-274.2 Possession and self-administration of inhaled asthma medications and auto-injectable epinephrine b...
A. Effective on July 1, 2000, local school boards shall develop and implement policies permitting a student with a diagnosis of asthma or anaphylaxis, or ...
22.1-274.3 Policies regarding medication recommendations by school personnel
The Board of Education shall develop and implement policies prohibiting school personnel from recommending the use of psychotropic medications for any student. Such policies shall ...
22.1-275 Protective eye devices
Every student and teacher in any school, college, or university shall be required to wear industrial quality eye protective devices while participating in any of ...
22.1-275.1 School health advisory board
Each school board shall establish a school health advisory board of no more than twenty members which shall consist of broad-based community representation including, but ...
22.1-276 Description unavailable
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 clearly indicates otherwise: "Alternative education program" shall include, but shall not be limited to, night ...
22.1-276.1 Description unavailable
Expired. ...
22.1-276.2 Removal of students from classes
A. Teachers shall have the initial authority to remove a student for disruptive behavior from a class. B. Each school board shall establish, within the ...
22.1-276.3 Ineligibility of students to compete in athletic competitions
Any nonprofit corporation founded in Virginia in 1913 that currently organizes and governs interscholastic activities among the public high schools shall develop, implement, and enforce ...
22.1-277 Suspensions and expulsions of pupils generally
A. Pupils may be suspended or expelled from attendance at school for sufficient cause. B. Any student for whom the division superintendent of the school ...
22.1-277.01 through 22.1-277.03
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 school days by either the school principal, any assistant principal, or, in their absence, any ...
22.1-277.05 Long-term suspensions; procedures; readmission
A. A pupil may be suspended from attendance at school for more than ten days after providing written notice to the pupil and his parent ...
22.1-277.06 Expulsions; procedures; readmission
A. Pupils may be expelled from attendance at school after written notice to the pupil and his parent of the proposed action and the reasons ...
22.1-277.07 Expulsion of students under certain circumstances; exceptions
A. In compliance with the federal Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (Part F-Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994), a school board shall expel from school ...
22.1-277.07:1 Policies prohibiting possession of firearms
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each school division may develop and implement procedures addressing disciplinary actions against students, and may establish ...
22.1-277.08 Expulsion of students for certain drug offenses
A. School boards shall expel from school attendance any student whom such school board has determined, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this ...
22.1-277.1 Description unavailable
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 ed...
A. A student, who has been expelled or suspended for more than thirty days from attendance at school by a school board or a private ...
22.1-277.2:1 Disciplinary authority of school boards under certain circumstances; alternative education progra...
A. A school board may, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this article, require any student who has been (i) charged with an ...
22.1-278 through 22.1-278.3
Repealed by Acts 2001, cc. 688 and 820, cl. 2. ...
22.1-279 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1990, c. 797 and Acts 1991, c. 295. ...
22.1-279.1 Corporal punishment prohibited
A. No teacher, principal or other person employed by a school board or employed in a school operated by the Commonwealth shall subject a student ...
22.1-279.2 Description unavailable
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 school has a duty to assist the school in enforcing the standards of student conduct ...
22.1-279.3:1 Reports of certain acts to school authorities
A. Reports shall be made to the division superintendent and to the principal or his designee on all incidents involving (i) the assault or assault ...
22.1-279.4 Information regarding prosecution for certain crimes
School boards shall provide information developed by the office of the Attorney General to students regarding laws governing the prosecution of juveniles as adults for ...
22.1-279.5 Description unavailable
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 regulat...
A. The Board of Education shall establish guidelines and develop model policies for codes of student conduct to aid local school boards in the implementation ...
22.1-279.7 Guidelines for student searches
The Board of Education shall develop, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, guidelines for school boards for the conduct of student searches, ...
22.1-279.8 School safety audits and school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans ...
A. For the purposes of this section, unless the context requires otherwise: "School crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plan" means the essential procedures, ...
22.1-279.9 Development of programs to prevent crime and violence
All school boards shall develop, in cooperation with the local law-enforcement agencies, juvenile and domestic relations court judges and personnel, parents, and the community at ...
22.1-280 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1989, c. 287. ...
22.1-280.1 Description unavailable
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' autho...
A. As used in this section: "School crime line" means a confidential, anonymous system providing inducements for students to report any unlawful act occurring in ...
22.1-280.2:1 Employment of school safety personnel
Local school boards may employ school security officers, as defined in § 9.1-101 for the purposes set forth therein. (2002, cc. 836, 868.) ...
22.1-280.3 Description unavailable
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 the pupil's parent for any actual loss, breakage, or destruction of or failure to return ...
22.1-281 Triennial census of school population
Every three years, at a time to be designated by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, a census of all persons residing within each school division ...
22.1-282 Appointment and compensation of persons taking census
The census shall be taken by agents appointed by each school board on the recommendation of the division superintendent. Each such agent shall receive as ...
22.1-283 Agents to gather other statistics
The agents taking the census shall also, at the time of taking the census, gather statistics relating to the interests of education according to forms ...
22.1-284 Census results
The complete results of the census required by §§ 22.1-281 and 22.1-283 shall be submitted to the school board as soon as practicable. The division ...
22.1-285 Board may require special census
The Board of Education is authorized to require a special statewide census at any time it deems such census necessary for the equitable distribution of ...
22.1-286 Duty of board to see that census is taken
It shall be the duty of each school board to see that the census required by the provisions of this article is taken at the ...
22.1-287 Limitations on access to records
A. No teacher, principal or employee of any public school nor any school board member shall permit access to any records concerning any particular pupil ...
22.1-287.1 Directory information
Notwithstanding §§ 22.1-287 and 22.1-288, directory information may be publicly released in accordance with federal law and regulations and the regulations of the Board of ...
22.1-288 Furnishing information to public or private school, college, or university, or private business or ...
Notwithstanding § 22.1-287, the principal of any public school may permit the furnishing of or may furnish the names and addresses of pupils presently enrolled ...
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 any children living within the school division from local law enforcement pursuant to § 52-31.1. ...
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 regarding an adjudication of delinquency or conviction for an offense listed in subsection G of ...
22.1-289 Transfer and management of scholastic records; disclosure of information in court notices; penalt...
A. As used in this section: "Scholastic record" means those records that are directly related to a student and are maintained by an educational agency ...

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