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VA Code § 22.1-207.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-207.2. Right of parents to review certain materials; summaries distributed

Every parent, guardian or other person in the Commonwealth having control or charge of any child who is required by subsection A of § 22.1-254 to send such child to a public school shall have the right to review the complete family life curricula, including all supplemental materials used in any family life education program. A complete copy of all printed materials not subject to copyright protection and a description of all audio-visual materials shall be made available through any available parental portal and kept in the school library or office and made available for review to any parent or guardian during school office hours before and during the school year. The audio-visual materials shall be made available to parents for in-person review, upon request, on the same basis as printed materials are made available.Each school board shall develop and distribute to the parents or guardians of a student participating in the family life education program and post for public viewing on the local school division's official website a summary designed to assist parents in understanding the program implemented in its school division as such program progresses and to encourage parental guidance and involvement in the instruction of the students. Such information shall reflect the curricula of the program as taught in the classroom. The school division shall include the following information on the summary:"Parents and guardians have the right to review the family life education program offered by their school division, including written and audio-visual educational materials used in the program. Parents and guardians also have the right to excuse their child from all or part of family life education instruction."1989, c. 515; 1991, cc. 139, 526; 2009, c. 451; 2020, c. 689.
VA Code § 22.1-207.2:1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-207.2:1. Anti-bullying or suicide prevention materials; parental right to review

Each school board shall develop and implement policies that ensure that parents have the right to review any audio-visual materials that contain graphic sexual or violent content used in any anti-bullying or suicide prevention program. Such policies shall require that prior to using any such material, the parent of the child participating in such a program shall be provided written notice of his right to review the material and his right to excuse his child from participating in the part of such program utilizing such material.2019, c. 581.
VA Code § 22.1-207.2:2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-207.2:2. School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program; web-based application

Each local school board that collects information to determine eligibility for participation in the School Breakfast Program or the National School Lunch Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shall establish and post prominently on its website a web-based application for student participation in such program and shall continue to provide a paper-based application.2019, c. 228.
VA Code § 22.1-207.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-207.3. School breakfast programs

A. By July 1, 1994, upon the appropriation and authorization of federal funds for the reimbursement of school breakfast programs, each school board shall establish a school breakfast program in any public school in which twenty-five percent or more of enrolled school-age children were approved eligible to receive free or reduced price meals in the federally funded lunch program during the previous school year.B. The Board of Education shall promulgate regulations for the implementation of the program. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, criteria for eligibility and exemptions; a reporting system for the compilation and analysis of information concerning the number and socioeconomic characteristics of participating school-age children; standards for food services; program evaluation; the investigation of complaints; an appeals process; notification of parents and guardians of the availability of the school breakfast program; and provision to teachers, children, and their parents or guardians of nutrition information describing the relationship between good nutrition, learning, and health.C. Each school board subject to the provisions of this section shall develop and implement a plan to ensure compliance with the provisions of subsection A and submit the plan to the Department of Education no later than thirty days prior to the commencement of the program. Beginning by June 30, 1995, and thereafter annually, each school board shall report such information as required in subsection B to the Department of Education on such forms and in the manner to be prescribed by the Board. In the event that federal funding for school breakfast programs is reduced or eliminated, a school board may support the program with such state or local funds as may be appropriated for such purposes.1993, c. 698.
VA Code § 22.1-207.3:1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-207.3:1. Distribution of excess food

A. As used in this section, "excess food" means any remaining unexpired, unopened, and unconsumed food intended to be served as part of a reimbursable meal that was unable to be utilized for a current or future meal provision after a school has served breakfast and lunch to students during a school day.B. Each school board may distribute excess food to enrolled students eligible for the School Breakfast Program or National School Lunch Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture who the school board determines are eligible to receive excess food.C. The method by which a school board distributes excess food shall be established by the school board in accordance with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requirements and guidelines for the distribution of excess food.D. A school board may develop a policy describing the process for distributing excess food under this section, saving excess food for later consumption, or donating excess food.2020, c. 574.
VA Code § 22.1-207.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-207.4. Nutritional guidelines for competitive foods

A. For purposes of this section, "competitive food" means any food, excluding beverages, sold to students on school grounds during regular school hours that is not part of the school breakfast or school lunch program.B. The Board, in cooperation with the Department of Health, shall promulgate regulations setting nutritional guidelines for all competitive foods.C. The Board, with assistance from the Department of Health, shall periodically review the nutritional guidelines for competitive foods to ensure that they remain current and science-based and shall also review the nutritional guidelines upon changes to federal law or regulations for competitive foods.D. The regulations promulgated pursuant to this section shall include but not be limited to: calorie, fat, sugar, and sodium content.E. The regulations promulgated pursuant to this section shall permit each public school to conduct on school grounds during regular school hours no more than 30 school-sponsored fundraisers per school year, during which food that does not meet the nutrition guidelines for competitive foods may be sold to students.2010, c. 718; 2015, c. 568.
VA Code § 22.1-207.4:1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-207.4:1. Participation in the Community Eligibility Provision

A. As used in this section:"Identified student" means any student who is directly certified for free meals through means other than the use of an individual household application."Identified student" includes (i) any student who is directly certified for free meals based on the student's participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or based on Medicaid income data and (ii) any homeless, runaway, migrant, or Head Start student, or any foster child, who is approved as categorically eligible for free meals by means other than a meal application."Identified student percentage" means the fraction, expressed as a percentage, that results from dividing the number of identified students enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school by the total number of students enrolled in such school.B. Each school board that governs a local school division that contains any public elementary or secondary school that has a minimum identified student percentage of 40 percent in the prior school year and is consequently eligible to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) shall apply to FNS to participate in CEP for each such school, pursuant to FNS guidelines, by submitting (i) identified student data to FNS by April 1, unless an extension is in effect and (ii) its completed application to FNS by June 30, unless an extension is in effect.C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any school board from grouping elementary or secondary schools in the local school division and applying to FNS to participate in CEP for such group of schools.D. The Superintendent for Public Instruction shall issue a waiver to the requirement set forth in subsection B in the sole circumstance that an evaluation of a school or group of schools that is eligible to participate in CEP determines that participation in CEP is not financially viable to such school or group of schools. The Department of Education shall develop a process and criteria for considering such waivers, including a process and criteria for conducting such CEP evaluations.2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 2.
VA Code § 22.1-207.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-207.5. Instruction in American Sign Language

A. As used in this section, "American Sign Language" means the natural language recognized globally that is used by members of the deaf community and that is linguistically complete with unique rules for language structure and use that include phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and discourse.B. If a local school board offers one or more elective courses in American Sign Language, such school board shall (i) grant academic credit for successful completion of an American Sign Language course on the same basis as the successful completion of a foreign language course and (ii) count completion of an American Sign Language course toward the fulfillment of any foreign language requirement for graduation.C. If a local school board does not offer any elective course in American Sign Language, such school board shall (i) grant academic credit for successful completion of an American Sign Language course offered by a comprehensive community college or a multidivision online provider approved by the Board on the same basis as the successful completion of a foreign language course and (ii) count completion of any such American Sign Language course toward the fulfillment of any foreign language requirement for graduation.2011, c. 762; 2018, c. 481.
VA Code § 22.1-207.6 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-207.6. Military-connected students; National Math and Science Initiative

The Department of Education shall encourage school boards of school divisions that have a significant number of enrolled military-connected students to partner with the National Math and Science Initiative to provide such students with the tools and resources necessary to advance science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning opportunities and career readiness. The Department shall provide technical assistance to any school board seeking to enter into such a partnership, upon request.2019, c. 772.
VA Code § 22.1-208 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-208. Emphasis on moral education

The entire scheme of instruction in the public schools shall emphasize moral education through lessons given by teachers and imparted by appropriate reading selections.Code 1950, § 22-238; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-209 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-209. Employment counseling and placement services

A. Each school board shall make available to secondary students employment counseling and placement services to furnish information relating to the employment opportunities available to students graduating from or leaving the public schools in the school division. Such information shall include all types of employment opportunities, including, but not limited to, apprenticeships, the military, career education schools, and the teaching profession.B. No fee, compensation or other consideration shall be charged to or received from any student utilizing such services.C. In providing such services, the school board shall consult and cooperate with the Virginia Employment Commission, the Department of Labor and Industry, local business and labor organizations, and such career schools as may be approved by the Board.D. The Board of Education may recommend methods for providing such services. The State Department of Education may provide assistance to school divisions in establishing and providing such services upon request.Code 1950, § 22-40.1; 1975, c. 147; 1980, c. 559; 1990, c. 797; 1991, c. 295; 1999, c. 452.
VA Code § 22.1-209.1:5 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-209.1:5. Expired

Expired.
VA Code § 22.1-209.1:8 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-209.1:8. Expired

Expired.
VA Code § 22.1-209.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-209.2. Programs and teachers in regional detention homes, certain local detention homes and state agencies and institutions

The Board of Education shall prepare and supervise the implementation in the regional detention homes and those local detention homes having teachers whose salaries were being funded by the Commonwealth on January 1, 1984, a program designed to educate and train the children detained in the homes. In addition, the Board shall supervise those programs of evaluation, education and training provided to school-age children by the Department of Health, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the children's teaching hospital associated with the Eastern Virginia Medical School, the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority, the children's teaching hospital associated with the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority, and the University of Virginia Hospitals pursuant to the Board's standards and regulations as required by § 22.1-7.The Board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to conform these programs with the applicable federal and state laws and regulations including, but not limited to, teacher/student ratios and special education requirements for children with disabilities. The education programs in the relevant detention homes and state agencies and institutions shall be approved by the Board and the Board shall prepare a budget for these educational programs which shall be solely supported by such general funds as are appropriated by the General Assembly for this purpose. Teacher staffing ratios for regional or local detention homes shall be based on a ratio of one teacher for every twelve beds based on the capacity of the facility; however, if the previous year's average daily attendance exceeds this bed capacity, the ratio shall be based on the average daily attendance at the facility as calculated by the Department of Education from the previous school year.The Board of Education shall enter into contracts with the relevant state agency or institution or detention facility or the local school divisions in which the state agencies or institutions or the regional detention homes and the relevant local detention homes are located for the hiring and supervision of teachers.In any case in which the Board enters into a contract with the relevant state agency or institution, the Department of Human Resource Management shall establish salary schedules for the teachers which are competitive with those in effect for the school divisions in which the agency or institution is located.1987, c. 414; 1992, cc. 209, 439; 1994, c. 854; 2000, cc. 66, 657, 865; 2002, cc. 87, 478; 2008, cc. 46, 151; 2009, cc. 813, 840.
VA Code § 22.1-210 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-210. Night schools

Any school board may, in its discretion, establish and conduct night schools to which may be admitted pupils, regardless of age.Code 1950, § 22-222; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-211 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-211. Operation of vacation schools and summer camps by school boards

Any school board or any two or more school boards acting in conjunction may establish and operate or cause to be established and operated, for the benefit of persons of school age, vacation schools or camps for the advancement of education, physical training, health, nutrition, the prevention of communicable diseases, or for any other purpose deemed by such board or boards to be beneficial to persons of school age requiring special training or attention or which will promote the efficiency of their respective school systems.Such school board or boards may expend such sum or sums as may be reasonable and requisite for such purposes or may provide such sum or sums and permit the proper use of any school property, under reasonable safeguards, for the establishment and operation of a vacation school or camp conducted under the auspices and supervision of any other governmental agency approved by such school board or boards, for the benefit of persons of school age within the jurisdiction of such board or boards. Such activity shall have been included in the estimate of money deemed to be needed for public schools for the year in which such expenditure is made.The establishment and operation of such school or camp shall also be approved, as to conditions affecting sanitation and safety, by the health authorities having jurisdiction of the area in which such vacation school or camp is located and conducted. Any vacation school or camp operated by such school board or boards or any other local agency, department or board shall be available to persons of school age within the applicable jurisdiction on a nondiscriminatory basis regardless of whether they attend public or private schools.Code 1950, § 22-55; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 79, § 1; 1973, c. 101; 1980, c. 559; 1989, c. 277; 1995, c. 244.
VA Code § 22.1-212 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-212. Vacation schools and summer camps operated by Board or Department

Any vacation school or summer camp operated by the Board of Education or the State Department of Education shall be made available to persons of school age within the Commonwealth on a nondiscriminatory basis regardless of whether they attend public or private schools during the regular school year.Code 1950, § 22-21.3; 1973, c. 101; 1980, c. 559; 1989, c. 277; 1995, c. 244.
VA Code § 22.1-212.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-212.1. Obligations of school boards

Pursuant to § 1-511, school boards shall have no obligation to teach the standard curriculum, except courses in foreign languages, in a language other than English. School boards shall endeavor to provide instruction in the English language which shall be designed to promote the education of students for whom English is a second language.1981, c. 185; 1986, c. 466; 1996, c. 829; 2005, c. 839.
VA Code § 22.1-212.1:1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-212.1:1. Single-sex education

Consistent with constitutional principles, a school board may establish a single-sex school or class in the school division, if the school board makes available to pupils substantially equal coeducational schools or classes. Participation in such single-sex school or class shall not be required by the school division, and the school board shall ensure that participation by pupils in the single-sex school or class is voluntary. For the purposes of this section, participation by a pupil in a single-sex school or class is voluntary only if the school division also makes available to the pupil a substantially equal coeducational school or class.1995, c. 582; 2009, c. 84.
VA Code § 22.1-212.1:2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-212.1:2. Green schools program; education programs to promote waste reduction and resource efficiency

A. To assist local school boards in the development and implementation of programs of instruction that comply with the provisions of subsection C of § 22.1-253.13:1, specifically relating to citizenship and environmental issues and geography necessary for responsible participation in American society and the international community, the Board of Education may cooperate with environmental groups, other relevant state agencies, such as, but not limited to, the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Health, and other stakeholders in the development of a green schools program for Virginia. Any such green schools program shall focus on waste reduction through recycling and other mechanisms and educating students to help schools contain costs and to reduce waste production through resource efficiency.B. In the development and implementation of any such program, the Board shall examine other states' green schools programs and shall receive input from parents, teachers, school administrators, school boards, business and industry leaders, and local governments. The Board shall also strive to identify businesses and other organizations that may provide support in the form of resources or funding for appropriate awards for any green schools program that may be implemented in the Commonwealth.C. Nothing herein shall be construed to require the Board or any school board in the Commonwealth to implement a green school program or to imply or otherwise indicate that state or local funding is required to develop or implement any green school program.2004, c. 882.