Compulsory School Attendance
This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Compulsory School Attendance.” It is part of Title 22.1, titled “Education.” It is part of Chapter 14, titled “Pupils.” It’s comprised of the following 21 sections.
- § 22.1-254
- Compulsory attendance required; excuses and waivers; alternative education program attendance; exemptions from article
- § 22.1-254.01
- Certain students required to attend summer school or after-school sessions
- § 22.1-254.02
- Students transferring from a public school
- § 22.1-254.1
- Declaration of policy; requirements for home instruction of children
- § 22.1-254.2
- Testing for high school equivalency; eligibility; guidelines
- § 22.1-255
- Nonresident children
- § 22.1-256
- Repealed
- § 22.1-258
- Appointment of attendance officers; notification when pupil fails to report to school
- § 22.1-259
- Teachers to keep daily attendance records
- § 22.1-260
- Reports of children enrolled and not enrolled; nonattendance
- § 22.1-261
- Attendance officer to make list of children not enrolled; duties of attendance officer
- § 22.1-262
- Complaint to court when parent fails to comply with law
- § 22.1-263
- Violation constitutes misdemeanor
- § 22.1-264
- Misdemeanor to make false statements as to age
- § 22.1-264.1
- Misdemeanor to make false statements as to school division or attendance zone residency; penalty
- § 22.1-265
- Inducing children to absent themselves
- § 22.1-266
- Law-enforcement officers and truant children
- § 22.1-267
- Proceedings against habitually absent child
- § 22.1-268
- Duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth to prosecute cases arising under article; jurisdiction of offenses
- § 22.1-269
- Board to enforce
- § 22.1-269.1
- Alternative attendance programs