§ 22.1-372 Unofficial educational records
In the event that official educational records cannot be released to the parents for the purpose of transfer from a local education agency in a sending state or a foreign education agency in a sending country to a school division, the custodian of the records in the sending state or the sending country may prepare and furnish to the parent a complete set of unofficial educational records. Upon receipt of the unofficial educational records by a school in a school division, such school shall enroll and appropriately place the student based on the information provided in the unofficial records pending validation by the official records, as quickly as possible.
History
This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 783 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2025, chapter 445.
2023, c. 783; 2025, c. 445.