§ 22.1-380 Graduation; waivers and exit exams
In order to facilitate the on-time graduation of students, school division administrative officials shall incorporate the following procedures:
1. School division administrative officials shall waive specific courses required for graduation if similar coursework has been satisfactorily completed in a local education agency in a sending state or a foreign education agency in a sending country or shall provide reasonable justification for denial of such waiver. Should a waiver not be granted to a student who would qualify to graduate in a sending state or a sending country, the school division shall provide an alternative means of acquiring required coursework so that graduation may occur on time; and
2. School division administrative officials shall accept, in lieu of testing requirements for graduation in the Commonwealth, (i) exit or end-of-course exams required for graduation from the sending state or a sending country, (ii) national norm-referenced achievement tests, or (iii) alternative testing acceptable in the Commonwealth.
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.