Compulsory School Attendance

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Compulsory School Attendance.” It is part of Chapter 14 “Pupils”, which is part of Title 22.1 “Education”.

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§ 22.1-256	Repealed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; plan; conference; court proceedings
§ 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