Virginia Law

A. For purposes of this section, "penalty" means any disciplinary action taken by the Department against an instructor or driver training school, including civil or monetary penalties and license suspensions, revocations, cancellations, or refusals to renew.

B. The Department shall establish and maintain a public, searchable database containing any penalty that occurred on or after January 1, 2022. Such database shall be searchable by the name of any instructor or driver training school licensed by the Department. The database shall include in any results related to a driver training school any penalties assessed against such driver training school and any instructors employed by such driver training school at the time of the offense.

C. Driver training schools shall notify, in writing, students and prospective students, and, if such student or prospective student is a minor, the parent or legal guardian of such student or prospective student, of any penalty that involves such driver training school or an instructor employed by such driver training school at the time of the offense. Such notification shall include any penalties assessed within the preceding 24 months. The driver training school shall notify existing students, and if such student is a minor, the parent or legal guardian of such student, of any penalties assessed against such driver training school or an instructor employed by such driver training school at the time of the offense within 24 hours of the determination of the Department.

D. The Department shall annually by November 1 submit a report to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation detailing penalties assessed by the Department in the preceding year.

2026, cc. 537, 538.