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Code of Virginia
Title 22.1. Education
9/22/2023

Title 22.1. Education (2023 Updates)

  • Chapter 3. Superintendent of Public Instruction
  • Chapter 5. School Boards; Selection, Qualification and Salaries of Members
    • Article 1. General Provisions
      • § 22.1-29.1
      Public hearing before appointment of school board members
    • Article 2. Method of Selecting School Boards in School Divisions Composed of a Single County
      • § 22.1-37
      Notice by commission of meeting for appointment
  • Chapter 6. Division Superintendents
    • § 22.1-70.3
      (Expires July 1, 2028) Designation of teacher shortage areas
  • Chapter 7. General Powers and Duties of School Boards
  • Chapter 8. Public School Funds
    • Article 1. State and Local Funds
      • § 22.1-92
      Estimate of moneys needed for public schools; notice of costs to be distributed
      § 22.1-101.1
      Increase of funds for certain nonresident students; how increase computed and paid; billing of out-of-state placing agencies or persons
  • Chapter 9. School Property
    • Article 2. School Buildings
      • § 22.1-138.3
      Department; school division maintenance reserve tool
      § 22.1-140.1
      School Construction Fund and Program
  • Chapter 10. Literary Fund
    • § 22.1-147
      Application for and distribution of funds
      § 22.1-148
      Restrictions upon making loans; retirement of previous loans; waiting lists
      § 22.1-150
      Rate of interest
  • Chapter 12. Pupil Transportation
    • Article 1. General Provisions
      • § 22.1-178
      Requirements for persons employed to drive school buses
      § 22.1-181
      Training program for school bus operators
      § 22.1-183
      When warning lights and identification to be covered
  • Chapter 13. Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks
    • Article 1. Programs and Courses of Instruction Generally
      • § 22.1-206.3
      (Effective July 1, 2024) Passport dual enrollment; course credit; guidelines
      § 22.1-207.8
      Academic credit for work experience; fine arts programs; guidelines
      § 22.1-209.2
      (Effective until date pursuant to Acts 2023, cc. 756 and 778, cl. 5) Programs and teachers in regional detention homes, certain local detention homes and state agencies and institutions
      § 22.1-209.2
      (Effective pursuant to Acts 2023, cc. 756 and 778, cl. 5) Programs and teachers in regional detention homes, certain local detention homes and state agencies and institutions
    • Article 2. Special Education
      • § 22.1-213
      Definitions
      § 22.1-214.3
      Department to develop certain curriculum guidelines; Board to approve
      § 22.1-217.3
      Special education transition; identification of faculty member responsible for school transition and planning coordination
    • Article 3. Adult Education
      • § 22.1-225.1
      Department; Virginia-based nonprofit organizations; schools for adults to earn credentials, college credit, and high school diplomas
  • Chapter 13.2. Standards of Quality
    • § 22.1-253.13:1
      (For Expiration Date, see Acts 2022, cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Standard 1. Instructional programs supporting the Standards of Learning and other educational objectives
      § 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
      § 22.1-253.13:2
      (For Expiration Date, see 2022 Acts, cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Standard 2. Instructional, administrative, and support personnel
      § 22.1-253.13:2
      (For Effective Date, see Acts 2022, cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Standard 2. Instructional, administrative, and support personnel
      § 22.1-253.13:3
      Standard 3. Accreditation, other standards, assessments, and releases from state regulations
      § 22.1-253.13:4
      Standard 4. Student achievement and graduation requirements
      § 22.1-253.13:5
      (For Expiration Date, see Acts 2022, cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Standard 5. Quality of classroom instruction and educational leadership
      § 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
      § 22.1-253.13:6
      (For Expiration Date, see Acts 2022, cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Standard 6. Planning and public involvement
      § 22.1-253.13:6
      (For Effective date, see 2022 Acts cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Standard 6. Planning and public involvement
  • Chapter 14. Pupils
    • Article 2. Health Provisions
      • § 22.1-270
      Preschool physical examinations
      § 22.1-271.2
      Immunization requirements
      § 22.1-271.4
      Health requirements for home-instructed, exempted, and excused children
      § 22.1-271.7
      Public middle school student-athletes; pre-participation physical examination
      § 22.1-272.2
      Department; model memorandum of understanding; partnerships with community mental health services providers
      § 22.1-274
      School health services
      § 22.1-274.2
      Possession and administration of inhaled asthma medications and epinephrine by certain students or school board employees
      § 22.1-274.4
      Public elementary and secondary schools; automated external defibrillators required
    • Article 3. Discipline
      • § 22.1-277
      (Effective until January 1, 2024) Suspensions and expulsions of students generally
      § 22.1-277
      (Effective January 1, 2024) Suspensions and expulsions of students generally
      § 22.1-279.3
      Parental responsibility and involvement requirements
      § 22.1-279.6
      Board of Education guidelines and model policies for codes of student conduct; school board regulations
      § 22.1-279.8
      School safety audits and school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans required
    • Article 5. Pupil Records
      • § 22.1-287.05
      Student identification cards; 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline; requirement
  • Chapter 14.1. Early Childhood Care and Education
    • Article 5. Background Checks
      • § 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; penalty
    • Article 8. Facilities and Programs
      • § 22.1-289.055:1
      Programs offered at certain residential private school
      § 22.1-289.059
      Possession and administration of an appropriate weight-based dosage of epinephrine by employees
  • Chapter 15. Teachers, Officers and Employees
    • Article 1. General Provisions
      • § 22.1-290.02
      Traineeships for education of special education personnel
      § 22.1-290.3
      (Expires July 1, 2028) Teacher Reengagement Program
      § 22.1-291.1:1
      School counselors; staff time
    • Article 2. Terms of Employment Generally
      • § 22.1-296.1
      Data on convictions for certain crimes and child abuse and neglect required; penalty
      § 22.1-296.2
      Fingerprinting required; reciprocity permitted
      § 22.1-296.3
      Certain private school employees subject to fingerprinting and criminal records checks
      § 22.1-298.1
      (For Expiration Date, see 2022 Acts cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Regulations governing licensure
      § 22.1-298.1
      (For Effective Date, see 2022 Acts cc. 549, 550, cl. 2) Regulations governing licensure
      § 22.1-298.8
      Public elementary and secondary school teachers; certain training activities; frequency
      § 22.1-299
      License required of teachers; provisional licenses; exceptions
    • Article 2.1. The Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure
      • § 22.1-305.2
      Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure
  • Chapter 19. The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind
    • § 22.1-346.2
      Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind established
      § 22.1-349
      Terms of employment of teachers
  • Chapter 19.1. College Partnership Laboratory Schools
  • Chapter 27. Educational Opportunities for Children of Certain Federal Employees
    • Article 6. Eligibility
      • § 22.1-378
      Eligibility for enrollment
      § 22.1-379
      Eligibility for extracurricular activities participation
    • Article 7. Graduation
      • § 22.1-380
      Graduation; waivers and exit exams