CODE OF VIRGINIA

PARTICIPATION BY AND NOTIFICATION OF NONCUSTODIAL PARENT (§ 22.1-4.3)

Unless a court order has been issued to the contrary, the noncustodial parent of
a student enrolled in a public school or day care center (i) shall not be denied
the opportunity to participate in any of the student’s school or day care
activities in which such participation is supported or encouraged by the
policies of the school or day care center solely on the basis of such
noncustodial status and (ii) shall be included, upon the request of such
noncustodial parent, as an emergency contact for the student’s school or
day care activities.For the purposes of this section, “school or day care
activities” shall include, but shall not be limited to, lunch breaks,
special in-school programs, parent-teacher conferences and meetings, and
extracurricular activities. It is the responsibility of the custodial parent to
provide the court order to the school or day care center.

HISTORY: 1997, c. 762, § 22.1-279.5; 2001, cc. 688, 820; 2005, c. 34.