CODE OF VIRGINIA

OBLIGATIONS OF SCHOOL BOARDS (§ 22.1-212.1)

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.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 185; 1986, c. 466; 1996, c. 829; 2005, c. 839.