Title 22.1, Title 22.1. Education

The Board of Education is designated as the State Board of Career and Technical Education to carry out the provisions of the federal Vocational Education Act of 1963, as amended, and as such shall promote and administer the provision of agriculture, business, marketing, home econ…

As used in this article, "career and technical education" means an organized education program offering a sequence of courses that (i) may incorporate field, laboratory, and classroom instruction; (ii) emphasize career and technical occupational experiences; (iii) are designed to…

A. The Board shall incorporate into career and technical education the Standards of Learning for mathematics, science, English, and social studies, including history, and other subject areas as may be appropriate. The Board may also authorize, in its regulations for accrediting p…

A. The Board of Education and the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, with the assistance of the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement, the Virginia Office of Education Economics, the Department of Education, the Virginia Community College System, and the State…

As used in this article: 1. "Career and technical education project" or "project" means a project that supplements the regular career and technical education program in a school division and that is designed to provide effective practical training to students in the secondary sch…

Any school board may establish career and technical education projects. A school board may establish any such project either directly with its own facilities and personnel or under contract with a corporation. A project may be conducted on school board property or other public or…

No school board shall contract with a corporation for establishment of a career and technical education project unless its articles of incorporation and bylaws have been approved by the Board of Education.

No school board shall establish or contract to establish a career and technical education project until such project has been reviewed and approved by the Board of Education. The Board's review shall be for the purpose of ensuring that (i) where a school board undertakes a projec…

A. Where a school board undertakes a career and technical education project by contract with a corporation, the school board may advance, contribute and loan funds to the corporation. The contract shall contain: 1. a system of accounting; 2. the terms upon which any profits from …

Nothing herein shall exempt career and technical education projects from compliance with state and local zoning laws and building codes, if applicable. Work done by students or other nonlicensed personnel shall be inspected by an appropriately licensed person to assure compliance…

A school board may expend funds for the purpose of acquiring the site for the construction of a career and technical education project. At the completion of a project constructed on private property, the project shall be sold within a reasonable time. The power of eminent domain …

A school board may provide transportation for students to career and technical education project sites. A school board or corporation may provide insurance protecting its students and agents from loss as a result of physical injury or liability resulting from their work on the pr…

Neither the members of a school board nor the officers or directors of a corporation shall be personally liable for the negligence of any student or agent in connection with a career and technical education project.

The Board of Education may regulate the awarding of academic credit for participation in career and technical education projects.

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education," "baccalaureate public institution of higher education," "comprehensive community college," "Council," "public institution of higher educat…

A. The Board and the State Board for Community Colleges shall establish the College and Career Ready Virginia Program. B. The purpose of the Program is to offer consistent, structured opportunities for all qualified high school students in the Commonwealth to enroll in postsecond…

A. The Program shall consist of the dual enrollment and participation of qualified high school students at the high school in college courses pursuant to the Passport Program and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies Program established in accordance with the requirements se…

The Department and the System shall administer the Program. In administering the Program, the Department and the System shall: 1. Establish an advisory committee composed of representatives from local school divisions from each of the eight Superintendent's regions, associate-deg…

A. In recognition of the fact that career and technical education is an essential element of workforce readiness in the Commonwealth, the Department and the System shall establish the Program career and technical education work group (the work group) for the purpose of developing…

A. The Board of Education shall have the authority to approve textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials suitable for use in the public schools and shall have authority to approve instructional aids and materials for use in the public schools. The Board shall publis…

In approving basal textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials for reading in kindergarten and first grade, the Board shall report to local school boards those textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials with a minimum decodability standard based on word…

A. Local school boards shall either enter into written term contracts or issue purchase orders on an as-needed basis with publishers of textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials approved by the Board for use in the public schools. Such written contracts or purchase…

The Board shall adopt regulations governing (i) the purchase of textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials approved by it for use in the public schools directly from the publishers by school boards and (ii) the distribution of such textbooks and other high-quality i…

A. Each school board shall provide, free of charge, such textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials required for courses of instruction for each child attending public schools. However, a local school board may assess a reasonable fee or charge for damages or loss o…

A. The General Assembly and the Board believe that the fundamental goal of the public schools of the Commonwealth must be to enable each student to develop the skills that are necessary for success in school, preparation for life, and reaching their full potential. The General As…

A. The Board shall establish requirements for the licensing of teachers, principals, superintendents, and other professional personnel. B. School boards shall employ licensed instructional personnel qualified in the relevant subject areas. C. Each school board shall assign licens…

A. The Board shall promulgate regulations establishing standards for accreditation pursuant to the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.), which shall include (i) student outcome and growth measures, (ii) requirements and guidelines for instructional programs and for the…

A. Each local school board shall award diplomas to all secondary school students, including students who transfer from nonpublic schools or from home instruction, who meet the requirements prescribed by the Board and meet such other requirements as may be prescribed by the local …

A. Each member of the Board shall participate in high-quality professional development programs on personnel, curriculum and current issues in education as part of his service on the Board. B. Consistent with the finding that leadership is essential for the advancement of public …

A. The Board shall adopt a statewide comprehensive, unified, long-range plan based on data collection, analysis, and evaluation. Such plan shall be developed with statewide participation. The Board shall review the plan biennially and adopt any necessary revisions. The Board shal…

A. Each local school board shall develop policies and procedures to address complaints of sexual abuse of a student by a teacher or other school board employee. B. Each local school board shall maintain and follow up-to-date policies. All school board policies shall be reviewed a…

The Standards of Quality prescribed in this chapter shall be the only standards of quality required by Article VIII, Section 2 of the Constitution of Virginia. Each local school board shall provide, as a minimum, the programs and services, as provided in the Standards of Quality …

Schools and local school divisions shall be recognized by the Board of Education in accordance with guidelines it shall establish for the Exemplar School Recognition Program (the Program). The Program shall be designed to recognize and reward (i) schools that exceed Board-establi…

A. As used in this subsection, "attend" includes participation in educational programs and courses at a site remote from the school with the permission of the school and in conformity with applicable requirements. Except as otherwise provided in this article, every parent, guardi…

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 the student's attendance in the summer school program or after-school session has failed, including direct notification…

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 order to make an informed status classification of such student in an information management system prescribed by…

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 policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Any parent of any child who will have reached the fifth birthday on or before Se…

A. The Board of Education shall establish a program of testing for high school equivalency through which a person may pass a high school equivalency examination approved by the Board of Education through which persons may earn a high school equivalency certificate or may earn a d…

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 parents or guardians reside in another state or the District of Columbia shall be subject to the provisions of § 22.1-254 and shall pay or cause to be …

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 article. Where no attendance officer is appointed by the school board, the division superintendent or his designee shall act as atte…

A teacher in every public school in the Commonwealth shall keep an accurate daily record of attendance of all children, both (i) at the beginning of the school day and (ii) if applicable, for each class period, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Board. Such record s…

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 grade of each student enrolled in the school, and the name and address of the student's parent or guardian; and 2. To the best of the …

The attendance officer or the division superintendent or his designee shall check the reports submitted pursuant to subsection A of § 22.1-260 with reports from the State Registrar of Vital Records and Health Statistics. From these reports and from any other reliable source the a…

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) fails to comply with the provisions of § 22.1-261 within the time specified in the notice or (ii) fails to comply with the provisions o…

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 relating to compulsory school attendance included in § 22.1-279.3, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor…

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 evading the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.