CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNIQUE STUDENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS (§ 22.1-287.03)

A. Neither the Department of Education nor any local school board shall require
any student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school or receiving
home instruction pursuant to § 22.1-254.1, or his parent, to provide the
student’s federal social security number.

B. The Department of Education shall develop a system of unique student
identification numbers. Each local school board shall assign such a number to
each student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school. No student
identification number shall include or be derived from the student’s
federal social security number. Each student shall retain his student
identification number for as long as he is enrolled in a public elementary or
secondary school in the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 2015, cc. 372, 666.