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VA Code § 22.1-126 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-126. Property given, devised or bequeathed to school board

When any real or personal property is given, devised or bequeathed to any school board or for public school purposes, it shall be vested in the school board unless inconsistent with the terms of the gift, devise or bequest and shall be managed and applied by the school board according to the wishes of the donor or testator. The school board shall, in addition to the regular settlement which it is required to make of all school funds, settle annually before the commissioner of accounts so far as the management of the property so bequeathed or devised is concerned, and the court having jurisdiction shall have the right to compel such a settlement, as is provided for in § 64.2-1216.In the case of any change in the boundaries of any school division, the school board shall make provision for continuing the fulfillment of the purposes of such donor or testator as far as practicable and settlement shall be made as provided for above.Code 1950, § 22-148; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-126.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-126.1. Acquisition of property for educational purposes by counties, cities and towns

Any county, city or town or any combination thereof acting jointly may acquire for educational purposes by gift, purchase, condemnation or otherwise, real property and any improvements thereon within the county, city, town or combination thereof acquiring the property or within any county or city adjacent to any such county, city or town and may construct buildings thereon to be used for educational purposes. The powers of condemnation granted by this section shall be subject to the provisions of § 25.1-102 to the same extent as though such county, city or town were a corporation possessing the power of eminent domain. Whenever the property is not within a county, city or town acquiring the property, not more than 50 acres may be acquired. Property acquired pursuant to this section shall be under the control of the school board of the county, city or town acquiring it, or, in the case of joint action by two or more counties, cities or towns or combinations thereof, control of such property shall be under a board chosen in the manner and for the term provided in § 22.1-53. Such property may be leased on such terms as may be agreed upon to any public institution of higher education to provide for education beyond high school of residents in the general region of such political subdivisions, or the property may, with the approval of the governing body of each such participating political subdivision, be conveyed to any such institution of higher education upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon by such governing bodies and the governing body of the institution and approved by the Governor.1995, c. 250; 2003, c. 940.
VA Code § 22.1-127 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-127. Condemnation of land for school purposes; right of entry; location of school outside boundaries of school division

A school board shall have the power to exercise the right of eminent domain and may condemn land or other property or any interest or estate therein, including dwellings, yards, gardens or orchards, necessary for public school purposes pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2 (§ 25.1-200 et seq.) of Title 25.1 and in the manner provided by Chapter 3 (§ 25.1-300 et seq.) of Title 25.1. To determine the suitability of the land for school purposes, a school board shall have the same right of entry under the same conditions as a county, city, or town pursuant to § 25.1-203. A school board shall have no authority to locate any school which was not begun prior to January 1, 1978, on property outside the boundaries of the school division unless the school board first obtains the approval of the governing body of the county, city or town in which a proposed school will be located.Code 1950, §§ 22-97, 22-149; 1952, c. 87; 1954, c. 291; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 79, § 1; 1966, c. 273; 1968, c. 501; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 161; 1972, c. 549; 1973, c. 186; 1975, cc. 308, 328; 1978, c. 430; 1980, c. 559; 1994, c. 786; 2003, c. 940.
VA Code § 22.1-128 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-128. Title to school board real estate

Whenever any school board purchases real estate or acquires title thereto, the title to such real estate shall be certified in writing by a competent and discreet attorney-at-law selected by the school board, or title insurance, approved by a competent and discreet attorney-at-law selected by the school board, shall be purchased for such real estate. Such certification or policy of insurance shall be filed with the clerk of the school board along with the recorded deed or other papers by which the title is conveyed. No contract for any such purchase shall bind the school board until the title to such real estate is thus certified or insured.The school board shall pay to the attorney reasonable compensation for these services.Code 1950, § 22-150; 1978, c. 26; 1980, c. 559; 1983, c. 32; 1987, c. 188.
VA Code § 22.1-129.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-129.1. Transfer of assistive technology devices

A. For the purposes of this section:"Assistive technology device" means any device, including equipment or a product system, which is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability. Assistive technology device shall not include surgically implanted medical devices, such as cochlear implants."Child with a disability" means the same as that term is defined in § 22.1-213."Transfer" means the process by which a school division that has purchased an assistive technology device may sell, lease, donate, or loan the device pursuant to subsection B.B. An assistive technology device may be transferred to (i) the school division to which a child with a disability transfers from the school division that purchased the device; (ii) a state agency, including the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, that provides services to a child with a disability following the child's graduation or when a school division ceases to provide special education services for the student; or (iii) the parents of a child with a disability, or the child with a disability if the child with a disability is age 18 or older and has capacity to enter into a contract.2012, c. 214; 2016, cc. 720, 750.
VA Code § 22.1-130 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-130. Authority to acquire property from United States or any agency thereof

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or of any charter or any ordinance, any school board may, by resolution, authorize the acquisition and purchase from the United States or any agency thereof of any equipment, supplies, materials, or other property, real or personal, in such manner as such school board may determine.B. It is the purpose of this section to enable school boards to secure from time to time promptly the benefits of acquisitions and purchases as authorized by this section, to aid them in securing advantageous purchases, to prevent unemployment and thereby to assist in promotion of public welfare and to these ends school boards shall have power to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out such purpose, in addition to the expressed power conferred by this section. This section is remedial in nature and the powers hereby granted shall be liberally construed.Code 1950, § 22-151; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-130.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-130.1. Access to high schools and high school students for military recruiters

Pursuant to Standard 1 of the Standards of Quality (Chapter 13.2 (§ 22.1-253.13:1 et seq.) of Title 22.1), all school boards are required to implement career and technical education programs promoting knowledge of careers and various employment opportunities, including, but not limited to, military careers. Therefore, any school board that provides access to one or more of its high schools and contact with such high school's student body or other contact with its high school students during a school or school division-sponsored activity whether conducted on school board property or other property to persons or groups for occupational, professional or educational recruitment shall provide equal access on the same basis to official recruiting representatives of the military forces of the Commonwealth and the United States.2001, c. 262.
VA Code § 22.1-131 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-131. Boards may permit use of various school property; general conditions; electric vehicle charging stations

A. A school board may permit the use, upon such terms and conditions as it deems proper, of such school property as will not impair the efficiency of the schools. The school board may authorize the division superintendent to permit use of the school property, including buildings, grounds, vehicles, and other property, under such conditions as it deems will not impair the efficiency of the schools and are, therefore, proper. The division superintendent shall report to the school board at the end of each month his actions under this section. Permitted uses of buildings may include, but are not limited to, use as voting places in any primary, regular or special election and operation of a local or regional library pursuant to an agreement between the school board and a library board created as provided in § 42.1-35.B. Any school board may locate and operate retail fee-based electric vehicle charging stations on school property, provided that the use of each such station during the school day is restricted to school board employees, students, and authorized visitors and each such station is accompanied by appropriate signage that provides reasonable notice of such restriction.Code 1950, §§ 22-164, 22-164.1; 1973, c. 245; 1980, c. 559; 2000, c. 754; 2017, c. 239.
VA Code § 22.1-131.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-131.1. Certain school board property; establishment of gun-free zone permitted

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 15.2-915, in addition to ensuring compliance with the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, 18 U.S.C. § 922(q), any school board may deem any building or property that it owns or leases where employees of such school board are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties, outside of school zones, as that term is defined in 18 U.S.C. § 921, as a gun-free zone and may prohibit any individual from knowingly purchasing, possessing, transferring, carrying, storing, or transporting firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof while such individual is upon such property. Such prohibition shall not apply to (i) any law-enforcement officer; (ii) any retired law-enforcement officer qualified to carry firearms pursuant to subsection C of § 18.2-308.016; (iii) any individual who possesses an unloaded firearm that is in a closed container in or upon a motor vehicle or an unloaded shotgun or rifle in a firearms rack in or upon a motor vehicle; or (iv) any individual who has a valid concealed handgun permit and possesses a concealed handgun while in a motor vehicle in a parking lot, traffic circle, or other means of vehicular ingress to or egress from the school board property.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 439.
VA Code § 22.1-132 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-132. Boards may impose certain conditions on use of property

Permits for the use of school property may contain, among other matters, (i) provisions limiting the use of the property while classes are in session and (ii) an undertaking by the lessee to return the property so used in as good condition as when leased, normal wear and tear excepted.Code 1950, § 22-164.2; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-132.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-132.01. Youth-oriented, community organizations on school property

Local school boards shall, subject to the provisions of § 22.1-131, provide reasonable and appropriate access to school property to youth-oriented, community organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of the USA, and their volunteers and staff, to distribute and provide instructional materials in order to encourage participation in such organizations and their activities. Any such access provided during the school day shall not conflict with instructional time. Such access may also include after-school sponsored activities such as "Back to School" events, where it can be reasonably accommodated.2016, c. 647.
VA Code § 22.1-132.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-132.1. Daycare programs in certain localities

A. Upon agreement of the relevant governing body, a school board may establish day-care programs outside the regular school hours for students who attend elementary and middle schools. In order to be eligible to attend such programs, a student shall be enrolled in a public or private school or reside in the relevant school division. Such programs may be conducted before or after school hours or both.B. The school board of the City of Petersburg may establish day-care programs during school hours for children of students who reside in the relevant school division and who are enrolled in a public school in the said city.C. No state or local funds appropriated for educational purposes shall be used to support any programs established pursuant to subsections A and B of this section.The school boards shall contract only with those agencies which are licensed or certified by the Commissioner of Social Services.This provision shall not be construed to apply to programs implemented pursuant to § 22.1-131.1988, c. 670; 1989, c. 507; 1990, cc. 411, 415, 612, 939; 1991, c. 569; 1992, cc. 204, 336; 1993, cc. 176, 207, 777, 889.
VA Code § 22.1-132.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-132.2. Integrated pest management on school property

The Department of Education shall make information available to school boards on integrated pest management programs that appropriately address the application of chemical pesticides and other pest control measures on school property. For purposes of this section, "integrated pest management" shall mean a managed pest control and suppression program that uses various integrated methods to keep pests from causing economic, health-related, or aesthetic injury and minimizes the use of pesticides and the risk to human health and the environment associated with pesticide applications. Methods may include the utilization of site or pest inspections, pest population monitoring, evaluation of control requirements, and the use of one or more pest control methods including sanitation, structural repair, nonchemical methods, and pesticides when nontoxic options produce unsatisfactory results or are impractical. Each local school division shall maintain documentation of any pesticide application that includes the target pest, the formulation applied, and the specific location of the application. The guidelines and programs adopted pursuant to this section shall permit the immediate application of pesticides or other effective control measures to eradicate pest infestations that pose an acute danger to students and staff.2009, c. 440; 2010, c. 40.
VA Code § 22.1-133 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-133. Flags

The flags of the United States of America and of the Commonwealth shall be flown in accordance with protocol and in an appropriate place at every public school. A flag of the Commonwealth shall be furnished by the Commonwealth for each new public school upon request of the school board directed to the Governor.Code 1950, §§ 7.1-36, 22-133; 1956, Ex. Sess., c. 30; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 79, § 1; 1960, c. 222; 1966, c. 102; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-134 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-134. Maintenance, etc., of school buildings and buses by county department of public works

Insofar as permitted by Article VIII, Section 5 and Article VIII, Section 7 of the Constitution of Virginia, in any county operating under an optional form of organization and government provided for in Chapter 6 (§ 15.2-600 et seq.) of Title 15.2, the board of supervisors of such county, at the request of the county school board, may transfer the maintenance of school buildings and grounds and operation and maintenance of school buses from the department of education to the department of public works; and such board of supervisors, at the request of the county school board, may authorize the construction of new school buildings and additions to existing school buildings under direction of its department of public works.Code 1950, § 22-151.1; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 1; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-135 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-135. Health and decency

No public school shall be allowed in any building which is not in such condition and provided with such conveniences as are required by a due regard for decency and health.Code 1950, §§ 22-97, 22-157; 1954, c. 291; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 79, § 1; 1968, c. 501; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 161; 1975, cc. 308, 328; 1978, c. 430; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-135.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-135.1. Potable water; lead testing

Each local school board shall develop and implement a plan to test and, if necessary, remediate potable water from sources identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as high priority for testing, including bubbler-style and cooler-style drinking fountains, cafeteria or kitchen taps, classroom combination sinks and drinking fountains, and sinks known to be or visibly used for consumption. Such plan shall be consistent with guidance published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Health. The local school board shall give priority in the testing plan to schools whose school building was constructed, in whole or in part, before 1986. Each local school board shall submit such testing plan and report the results of any such test to the Department of Health. Each local school board shall take all steps necessary to notify parents if testing results indicate lead contamination that exceeds 10 parts per billion.2017, c. 628; 2020, cc. 293, 884.
VA Code § 22.1-136 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-136. Duty of division superintendent to close buildings

When a public school building appears to the division superintendent to be unfit for occupancy, it shall be his duty to close the same and immediately to give notice thereof in writing to the members of the school board. No public school shall be held therein nor shall any state or local funds be applied to support any school in such building until the division superintendent shall certify in writing to the school board that he is satisfied with the condition of such building and with the appliances pertaining thereto.Code 1950, §§ 22-97, 22-158; 1954, c. 291; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 79, § 1; 1968, c. 501; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 161; 1975, cc. 308, 328; 1978, c. 430; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-137 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-137. Fire drills

In every public school there shall be a fire drill at least twice during the first 20 school days of each school session, in order that pupils may be thoroughly practiced in such drills. Every public school shall hold at least two additional fire drills during the remainder of the school session.Code 1950, § 22-156; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 163; 1980, c. 559; 1993, c. 212; 2016, c. 524.
VA Code § 22.1-137.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-137.1. Tornado drills

In every public school there shall be at least one tornado drill every school year, in order that students may be thoroughly practiced in such drills.2001, c. 841.
VA Code § 22.1-137.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-137.2. Lock-down drills

A. In every public school there shall be a lock-down drill at least once during the first 20 school days of each school session, in order that students and teachers may be thoroughly practiced in such drills. Every public school shall hold at least one additional lock-down drill after the first 60 days of the school session. Every public school shall provide the parents of enrolled students with at least 24 hours' notice before the school conducts any lock-down drill, provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to require such notice to include the exact date and time of the lock-down drill.B. Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students shall be exempt from mandatory participation in lock-down drills during the first 60 days of the school session. Local school boards shall develop policies to implement such exemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, each pre-kindergarten and kindergarten student shall participate in each lock-down drill after the first 60 days of each school session.2013, c. 609; 2016, c. 524; 2020, cc. 378, 1040; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 26.
VA Code § 22.1-137.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-137.3. School safety procedures; emergency situations; annual training

In addition to complying with the requirements for drills set forth in §§ 22.1-137, 22.1-137.1, and 22.1-137.2, each school board shall develop training on safety procedures in the event of an emergency situation on school property. Such training shall be delivered to each student and employee in each school at least once each school year.2019, cc. 61, 140.
VA Code § 22.1-138.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-138.1. School maintenance program established

In compliance with the provisions of the appropriation act relating to the maintenance supplement program and with such funds as are appropriated for such purpose, each school board shall establish a program for ongoing school maintenance needs.1998, c. 73.
VA Code § 22.1-138.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Property|§ 22.1-138.2. Certain public school buildings; carbon monoxide detectors

Each public school building that was built before 2015 and that houses any classroom for students shall be equipped with at least one carbon monoxide detector.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 165.