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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 760<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":354459,"section_number":"22.1-212.30","catch_line":"Board regulations; procedure","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-212.30\/"},{"id":354460,"section_number":"22.1-212.31","catch_line":"Board regulations; application; expectations","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-212.31\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1408813,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354453,"identifier":"22.1-212.29","token":"22.1\/13\/1.5\/22.1-212.29","url":"\/22.1-212.29\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-212.29\/","token":"22.1\/13\/1.5\/22.1-212.29","dublin_core":{"Title":"Purpose","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-212.29","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board shall promulgate regulations for the designation of School Divisions of Innovation<\/span> in which the local school board<\/span> in the local school division so designated shall, pursuant to a plan of innovation<\/span>, be exempted from selected regulatory provisions and be permitted to adopt alternative policies for school administrators, teachers, and staff to meet the diverse needs of students.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPURPOSE (\u00a7 22.1-212.29)\n\nThe Board shall promulgate regulations for the designation of School Divisions\nof Innovation in which the local school board in the local school division so\ndesignated shall, pursuant to a plan of innovation, be exempted from selected\nregulatory provisions and be permitted to adopt alternative policies for school\nadministrators, teachers, and staff to meet the diverse needs of students.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 760.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}