§ 22.1-1

Definitions

As used in this title unless the context requires otherwise or it is otherwise specifically provided:”Board” or “State Board” means the Board of Education.”Division superintendent” means the division superintendent of schools of a school division.”Elementary” includes kindergarten.”Elementary and secondary” and “elementary or secondary” include elementary, middle, and high school grades.”Governing body” or “local governing body” means the board of supervisors of a county, council of a city, or council of a town, responsible for appropriating funds for such locality, as the context may require.”Middle school” means separate schools for early adolescents and the middle school grades that might be housed at elementary or high schools.”Parent” or “parents” means any parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other person having control or charge of a child.”Person of school age” means a person who will have reached his fifth birthday on or before September 30 of the school year and who has not reached twenty years of age on or before August 1 of the school year.”School board” means the school board that governs a school division.

History

1980, c. 559; 1985, c. 407; 1991, c. 178; 1995, c. 852; 2000, c. 629; 2001, c. 828.

Download

  • Plain Text
  • JSON
  • XML