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§ 22.1-277.07 Expulsion of students under certain circumstances; . . .
§ 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 attendance for a period of not less than one year any student whom such school board has determined, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this article, to have possessed a firearm on school property or at a school-sponsored activity as prohibited by § 18.2-308.1 or to have possessed a firearm or destructive device as defined in subsection E, a firearm muffler or firearm silencer, or a pneumatic gun as defined in subsection E of § 15.2-915.4 on school property or at a school-sponsored activity. A school administrator, pursuant to school board policy, or a school board may, however, determine, based on the facts of a particular situation, that special circumstances exist and no disciplinary action or another disciplinary action or another term of expulsion is appropriate. A school board may promulgate guidelines for determining what constitutes special circumstances. In addition, a school board may, by regulation, authorize the division superintendent or his designee to conduct a preliminary review of such cases to determine whether a disciplinary action other than expulsion is appropriate. Such regulations shall ensure that, if a determination is made that another disciplinary action is appropriate, any such subsequent disciplinary action is to be taken in accordance with the procedures set forth in this article. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a student’s expulsion regardless of the facts of the particular situation.
B. The Board of Education is designated as the state education agency to carry out the provisions of the federal Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 and shall administer the funds to be appropriated to the Commonwealth under this act.
C. Each school board shall revise its standards of student conduct no later than three months after the date on which this act becomes effective. Local school boards requesting moneys apportioned to the Commonwealth through the federal Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 shall submit to the Department of Education an application requesting such assistance. Applications for assistance shall include:
E. As used in this section:”Destructive device” means (i) any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas, bomb, grenade, rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces, missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce, mine, or other similar device; (ii) any weapon, except a shotgun or a shotgun shell generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes, by whatever name known that will, or may be readily converted to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or other propellant, and that has any barrel with a bore of more than one-half inch in diameter that is homemade or was not made by a duly licensed weapon manufacturer, any fully automatic firearm, any sawed-off shotgun or sawed-off rifle as defined in § 18.2-299 or any firearm prohibited from civilian ownership by federal law; and (iii) any combination of parts either designed or intended for use in converting any device into any destructive device described in this subsection and from which a destructive device may be readily assembled. “Destructive device” does not include any device that is not designed or redesigned for use as a weapon, or any device originally designed for use as a weapon and that is redesigned for use as a signaling, pyrotechnic, line-throwing, safety, or other similar device, nor shall it include any antique firearm as defined in subsection G of § 18.2-308.2:2.”Firearm” means any weapon, including a starter gun, that will, or is designed or may readily be converted to, expel single or multiple projectiles by the action of an explosion of a combustible material or the frame or receiver of any such weapon. “Firearm” does not include any pneumatic gun, as defined in subsection E of § 15.2-915.4.”One year” means 365 calendar days as required in federal regulations.”School property” means any real property owned or leased by the school board or any vehicle owned or leased by the school board or operated by or on behalf of the school board.
G. This section shall not be construed to diminish the authority of the Board of Education or the Governor concerning decisions on whether, or the extent to which, Virginia shall participate in the federal Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994, or to diminish the Governor’s authority to coordinate and provide policy direction on official communications between the Commonwealth and the United States government.
1995, cc. 724, 801; 1999, cc. 707, 1027; 2000, c. 523, § 22.1-277.01; 2001, cc. 688, 820; 2003, cc. 843, 976; 2004, c. 930; 2006, c. 703; 2013, c. 288; 2014, cc. 109, 312, 765; 2016, c. 257.
If you’re reading this for anything important, you should double-check its accuracy—read § 22.1-277.07 on the official Code of Virginia website.
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HB2652: Concealed weapons; amends provisions relating thereto. (failed)
HB489: Concealed weapon and concealed handgun permits; reorganizes existing law. (failed)
HB1866: Public schools; mandatory expulsion of students. (passed)
HB752: Student discipline; expulsion due to firearm or drug offenses. (passed)
SB479: Law-enforcement officers, retired; authority to carry concealed handguns. (passed)
§ 22.1-200.1 Optional education programs for kindergarten through grade five
§ 22.1-277.06 Expulsions; procedures; readmission
§ 22.1-277.2:1 Disciplinary authority of school boards under certain circumstances; alternative education program
§ 22.1-279.3:1 Reports of certain acts to school authorities