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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 8. Education
Agency 20. State Board of Education
Chapter 441. Regulations Governing the Employment of Professional Personnel
12/27/2024

8VAC20-441-20. Conditions of employment (fingerprinting, Department of Social Services Registry search, licensure).

A. Applicants who are offered or accept employment must comply with the fingerprinting provisions contained in § 22.1-296.2 of the Code of Virginia.

B. Applicants who are offered or accept employment requiring direct contact with students must satisfy the requirements of § 22.1-296.4 of the Code of Virginia and provide written consent and the personal information necessary for the school board to obtain a search of the registry of founded complaints of child abuse and neglect maintained by the Department of Social Services pursuant to § 63.2-1515 of the Code of Virginia.

C. Additional Code of Virginia references for conditions for licensure include §§ 22.1-295, 22.1-298.1, and 22.1-299, of the Code of Virginia.

D. Principals and assistant principals are to be licensed in accordance with § 22.1-293 of the Code of Virginia.

Statutory Authority

§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-302 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 34, Issue 6, eff. December 13, 2017.

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