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VA Code § 22.1-16.6 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-16.6. Guidelines for alternatives to suspension

The Board of Education shall establish guidelines for alternatives to short-term and long-term suspension for consideration by local school boards. Such alternatives may include positive behavior incentives, mediation, peer-to-peer counseling, community service, and other intervention alternatives.2017, cc. 231, 303.
VA Code § 22.1-16.7 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-16.7. Regulations regarding endorsement to teach military science

The State Board of Education shall amend its regulations to require that persons seeking a technical professional license with an endorsement to teach military science have either the appropriate credentials issued by the United States military or a recommendation from a Virginia employing educational agency.2020, cc. 108, 109.
VA Code § 22.1-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-17. Statements concerning regulations

Not less than sixty days prior to the adoption of any regulation affecting school divisions, the Board of Education and the Department of Education shall prepare a statement as to the administrative impact of such regulation on school divisions and the projected costs of implementation of and compliance with such regulation and shall send a copy thereof to each division superintendent.Code 1950, § 22-19.01; 1976, c. 602; 1980, c. 559; 1988, c. 234.
VA Code § 22.1-17.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-17.01. Definition of "intervener."

For the purposes of regulations promulgated by the Board of Education, "intervener" means an individual with knowledge and skill in the mode of communication of a deaf-blind student and who can communicate to the deaf-blind student what is occurring in the student's educational setting.2013, c. 729.
VA Code § 22.1-17.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-17.02. Definition of "student with limited or interrupted formal education"

A. The Department shall develop and adopt a common statewide definition for the term "student with limited or interrupted formal education" and shall require local school divisions to report the number of students who fall under such definition as part of the required data collection and reporting on average daily membership for the purposes of documenting any changes in such numbers over time.B. The Board shall evaluate the supports and programs available to students with limited or interrupted formal education in local school divisions to determine whether the calculations for the school quality indicators within the Board's Regulations Establishing the Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia (8VAC20-131-5 et seq.) are appropriate or whether changes in methodology could be made to more comprehensively measure the academic and nonacademic achievement of such student population. Such evaluation shall be completed to make the necessary revisions to impact the methodology for the calculation of school accreditation ratings for the 2021-2022 school year2020, c. 696.
VA Code § 22.1-17.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-17.1. Regulations for reenrollment

The Board of Education, in cooperation with the Board of Juvenile Justice, shall promulgate regulations for the reenrollment in the public schools of children who have been in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice. Such regulations shall include the components required in a reenrollment plan and shall provide for consistency in the curricula, standards and policies between the educational programs required by this title, and those of the Board of Juvenile Justice.1990, c. 797; 1991, c. 295; 1996, c. 1000; 2012, cc. 803, 835.
VA Code § 22.1-17.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-17.2. Nursing education programs

The Board of Education and the Board of Nursing, or their representatives, shall, at least annually, develop and revise an interagency agreement relating to the regulation of public school nursing education programs. This memorandum of understanding shall establish a framework for cooperation in order to achieve consistency in the regulation of such programs. The duties and responsibilities of the Department of Education and the Board of Nursing for public school practical nursing and nurse aide education programs shall be set forth in the agreement. The agreement shall include, but need not be limited to, core curricula for the programs; administrative and clerical activities such as exchange of mailing labels, participation in site visits, reporting requirements, and information for newsletters; review and revision of the curricula materials; participation in inservice activities and state conferences; opportunity to participate in and comment on revisions of any relevant regulations; and communication procedures between the two state agencies and with the local school divisions.1991, c. 629.
VA Code § 22.1-17.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-17.3. Identification of student internship programs

The Board of Education, the Department of Labor and Industry, and the State Board for Community Colleges shall identify High School to Work Partnerships established pursuant to subsection D of § 22.1-227.1 and other student internship programs that may be eligible for exemptions from federal and state labor laws and regulations for which exemptions are available for student apprenticeship programs. The Board of Education, the Department of Labor and Industry, and the State Board for Community Colleges shall also establish procedures by which such exemptions may be obtained for such High School to Work Partnerships and other student internship programs.1996, c. 150; 2018, cc. 142, 388.
VA Code § 22.1-17.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-17.5. Public notice and comment regarding certain resource guides

In order to provide appropriate opportunity for input from the general public, parents, teachers, and local school boards, the Board of Education shall solicit public comment prior to revising or adopting Standards of Learning resource guides and lists of recommended textbooks in any Standards of Learning academic subject. Thirty days prior to soliciting public comment, the Board shall publish notice of its intended action. Interested parties shall be given reasonable opportunity to be heard and present information prior to final action of the Board.The Board shall make such resource guides available for public inspection at least thirty days prior to final adoption or revision, as the case may be.2001, c. 869.
VA Code § 22.1-17.6 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-17.6. Public elementary and secondary schools and local school divisions; information and forms

A. The Board shall adopt policies to ensure that the Department of Education does not require public elementary or secondary schools or local school divisions to (i) provide information that is already available to or housed within the Department of Education; (ii) provide the same written information more than once during a school year, absent a change in the underlying information; (iii) complete forms for students with disabilities unless such forms are necessary to ensure compliance with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. § 1431 et seq.); or (iv) provide information that is not necessary to comply with state or federal law unless such information is relevant to student outcomes or the efficient operation of the public schools, provided that the Department of Education may require such schools and local school divisions to provide any such information or complete any such forms if the Department of Education demonstrates a compelling need or demonstrates that it does not have a more expeditious method for obtaining the information or completing the forms.B. The Department of Education shall study the transition to electronic submission of all information and forms to the Department of Education by public elementary and secondary schools and local school divisions and submit a report of its findings to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than November 1, 2016.C. The Department of Education shall annually evaluate and determine the continued need for the information that it collects from public elementary and secondary schools and local school divisions. In making such evaluation and determination, the Department of Education shall consider whether the information that it collects is required by state or federal law.D. The Board shall report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 15 of each year on (i) information that public elementary and secondary schools and local school divisions are required to provide to the Department of Education pursuant to state law, (ii) the results of the annual evaluation and determination made by the Department of Education pursuant to subsection C, (iii) any reports required of public elementary or secondary schools or local school divisions that the Department of Education has consolidated, (iv) any information that the Department of Education no longer collects from public elementary or secondary schools or local school divisions, and (v) any forms that the Department of Education no longer requires public elementary or secondary schools or local school divisions to complete.2016, c. 521.
VA Code § 22.1-17.7 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-17.7. Social-emotional learning guidance standards

The Department shall (i) establish a uniform definition of social-emotional learning and develop guidance standards for social-emotional learning for all public students in grades kindergarten through 12 in the Commonwealth; (ii) make such standards available to each local school division no later than July 1, 2021; and (iii) issue a report no later than November 1, 2021, on the resources needed to successfully support local school divisions with the implementation of a statewide social-emotional learning program.2020, c. 339.
VA Code § 22.1-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-18. Report on education and standards of quality for school divisions; when submitted and effective

By December 1 of each year, the Board of Education shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report on the condition and needs of public education in the Commonwealth and shall identify any school divisions and the specific schools therein that have failed to establish and maintain schools meeting the existing prescribed standards of quality. Such standards of quality shall be subject to revision only by the General Assembly, pursuant to Article VIII, Section 2 of the Constitution of Virginia. Such report shall include:1. A complete listing of the current standards of quality for the Commonwealth's public schools, together with a justification for each particular standard, how long each such standard has been in its current form, and whether the Board recommends any change or addition to the standards of quality;2. Information regarding parent and student choice within each school division and any plans of such school divisions to increase school choice;3. A complete listing of each report that local school divisions are required to submit to the Board or any other state agency, including name, frequency, and an indication of whether the report contains information that the local school division is also required to submit to the federal government;4. An explanation of the need to retain or maintain the frequency of any report identified pursuant to subdivision 3; any recommendation for the elimination, reduction in frequency, or consolidation of reports identified pursuant to subdivision 3 when such elimination, reduction in frequency, or consolidation would require an amendment to the laws of the Commonwealth; and a description of any other report identified pursuant to subdivision 3 that the Board has eliminated, reduced in frequency, or consolidated; and5. A complete listing of each report pertaining to public education that local school divisions are required to submit to the federal government, including name and frequency.Code 1950, § 22-19.1; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 160; 1973, c. 97; 1980, c. 559; 1984, c. 157; 2002, cc. 159, 253; 2013, c. 643; 2015, c. 386; 2016, c. 469; 2017, c. 235.
VA Code § 22.1-18.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-18.01. Biennial review of the standards of quality required; budget estimates

A. To ensure the integrity of the standards of quality, the Board of Education shall, in odd-numbered years, exercise its constitutional authority to determine and prescribe the standards, subject to revision only by the General Assembly, by reviewing the standards and either (i) proposing amendments to the standards or (ii) making a determination that no changes are necessary.B. If the Board proposes changes to the standards of quality, the budget estimates that are required to be reported pursuant to § 2.2-1504 shall take into consideration the Board's proposed standards of quality.2002, c. 498; 2006, cc. 42, 130; 2017, c. 787.
VA Code § 22.1-18.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-18.1. Annual report on gifted education required; local advisory committee on gifted education

Each local school board shall submit the annual report, "Programs for Gifted Education," as required by Board regulations, to the Department of Education.Each school board may appoint, in accordance with the regulations of the Board of Education, a local advisory committee on gifted education. A local advisory committee on gifted education shall annually review the local plan for the education of gifted students, including revisions, and determine the extent to which the plan for the previous year was implemented. The comments and recommendations of the local advisory committee on gifted education shall be submitted in writing directly to the school board and the superintendent.A school board shall comply with Board regulations governing gifted education relative to the use of multiple criteria for the identification of gifted students.With such funds as may be appropriated for this purpose, the Department of Education shall conduct an annual review of all local gifted education programs, on such date as it may determine, to ensure full implementation and compliance with federal and state laws and regulations governing gifted education. The Department may conduct the review as an on-site observation or require certification of compliance from the division superintendent.1998, c. 879; 1999, c. 554; 2012, cc. 805, 836.
VA Code § 22.1-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-19. Accreditation of elementary, middle, and high schools; nursery schools; recognition of certain organizations; child day center regulation

The Board shall provide for the accreditation of public elementary, middle, and high schools in accordance with standards prescribed by it. The Board may provide for the accreditation of private elementary, middle, and high schools in accordance with standards prescribed by it, taking reasonably into account the special circumstances and factors affecting such private schools. The Board in its discretion may recommend provisions for accreditation standards for private nursery schools. Any such accreditation shall be at the request of the private school only.For the purposes of facilitating the transfer of academic credits for students who have attended private schools and are enrolling in public schools, and to meet the requirements of § 22.1-289.032, the Board of Education shall authorize, in a manner it deems appropriate, the Virginia Council for Private Education to accredit private nursery, preschool, elementary, and secondary schools.Code 1950, § 22-21; 1954, c. 326; 1968, c. 281; 1980, c. 559; 1991, c. 178; 1993, cc. 730, 742; 2000, c. 535; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2016, c. 442; 2020, cc. 860, 861.
VA Code § 22.1-19.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-19.1. Action for violations related to secure mandatory tests

A. The Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the Board of Education, may bring a cause of action in the circuit court having jurisdiction where the person resides or where the act occurred for injunctive relief, civil penalty, or both, against any person who knowingly and willfully commits any of the following acts related to secure mandatory tests required by the Board to be administered to students:1. Permitting unauthorized access to secure test questions prior to testing;2. Copying or reproducing all or any portion of any secure test booklet;3. Divulging the contents of any portion of a secure test;4. Altering test materials or examinees' responses in any way;5. Creating or making available answer keys to secure tests;6. Making a false certification on the test security form established by the Department of Education;7. Excluding students from testing who are required to be assessed; or8. Participating in, directing, aiding or abetting, or assisting in any of the acts prohibited in this section.For the purpose of this subsection, "secure" means an item, question, or test that has not been made publicly available by the Department of Education.B. Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit or restrict the reasonable and necessary actions of the Board of Education, Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Department of Education or their agents or employees engaged in test development or selection, test form construction, standard setting, test scoring, reporting test scores, or any other related activities which, in the judgment of the Superintendent of Public Instruction or Board of Education, are necessary and appropriate.C. Any person who violates any provisions of this section may be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. Furthermore, any person whose administrative or teaching license has been suspended or revoked pursuant to § 22.1-292.1 may be assessed a civil penalty for the same violation under this section and the reasonable costs of any review or investigation of a violation of test security.All civil penalties paid to the Commonwealth pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Literary Fund.D. For the purpose of this section, "person" shall not mean a student enrolled in a public school.2000, cc. 634, 659; 2004, cc. 939, 955; 2006, cc. 25, 95; 2011, c. 248.
VA Code § 22.1-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-20. Retention of pupil personnel records

The Board of Education is authorized to promulgate regulations governing the retention of pupil personnel records in public schools.Code 1950, § 22-53.1; 1968, c. 351; 1970, c. 154; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-20.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-20.2. Student data security

A. The Department of Education shall develop, in collaboration with the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, and update regularly but in no case less than annually, a model data security plan for the protection of student data held by school divisions. Such model plan shall include (i) guidelines for access to student data and student data systems, including guidelines for authentication of authorized access; (ii) privacy compliance standards; (iii) privacy and security audits; (iv) procedures to follow in the event of a breach of student data; and (v) data retention and disposition policies. The model plan and any updates shall be made available to every school division.B. The Department of Education shall designate a chief data security officer, with such state funds as made available, to assist school divisions, upon request, with the development and implementation of their own data security plans and to develop best practice recommendations regarding the use, retention, and protection of student data.2015, c. 561.
VA Code § 22.1-20.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-20.3. Granting easements across lands of certain schools and institutions

The Board may, subject to the prior written approval of the Governor, convey upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as it deems proper easements upon, over, across, or under the property of any school or educational institution for which it serves as the governing board, to any political subdivision of the Commonwealth, public utility, public service company, or cable television company for the purpose of erecting or maintaining power, telephone, cable television, water, sewer, or gas lines and mains, provided that any such deed or other conveyance shall be in a form approved by the Attorney General and that any funds received by the Board in consideration for granting any such easement shall be paid into the general fund of the state treasury.1952, c. 74, § 23-9.1; 1958, c. 47; 1986, c. 536; 2016, c. 588.
VA Code § 22.1-20.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 2 - Board of Education|§ 22.1-20.4. Alternative assessments for students who are English language learners

The Board of Education shall consider assessments aligned to the Standards of Learning that are structured and formatted in a way that measures the content knowledge of students who are English language learners and that may be administered to such students as Board of Education-approved alternatives to Standards of Learning end-of-course English reading assessments.2016, cc. 58, 516.
VA Code § 22.1-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 3 - Superintendent of Public Instruction|§ 22.1-21. Appointment and qualification

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be appointed by the Governor, after consultation with the Board of Education among others, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, for a term coincident with that of the Governor making the appointment. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be an experienced educator.Code 1950, § 22-22; 1977, c. 542; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 3 - Superintendent of Public Instruction|§ 22.1-22. Oath of office

Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed for an officer of this Commonwealth as provided in Chapter 1 (§ 49-1 et seq.) of Title 49.Code 1950, § 22-24; 1980, c. 559.