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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 372<\/a> and 666<\/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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":354557,"section_number":"22.1-254.1","catch_line":"Declaration of policy; requirements for home instruction of children","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-254.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1409567,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354665,"identifier":"22.1-287.03","token":"22.1\/14\/5\/22.1-287.03","url":"\/22.1-287.03\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-287.03\/","token":"22.1\/14\/5\/22.1-287.03","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unique student identification numbers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-287.03","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Neither the Department<\/span> of Education nor any local school board<\/span> shall require any student enrolled in a public elementary<\/span> or secondary school or receiving home instruction pursuant to § 22.1-254.1<\/a>, or his parent<\/span>, to provide the student’s federal social security number. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department<\/span> of Education shall develop a system of unique student identification numbers. Each local school board<\/span> shall assign such a number to each student enrolled in a public elementary<\/span> 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<\/span> or secondary school in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNIQUE STUDENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS (\u00a7 22.1-287.03)\n\nA. Neither the Department of Education nor any local school board shall require\nany student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school or receiving\nhome instruction pursuant to § 22.1-254.1, or his parent, to provide the\nstudent’s federal social security number.\n\nB. The Department of Education shall develop a system of unique student\nidentification numbers. Each local school board shall assign such a number to\neach student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school. No student\nidentification number shall include or be derived from the student’s\nfederal social security number. Each student shall retain his student\nidentification number for as long as he is enrolled in a public elementary or\nsecondary school in the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, cc. 372, 666.","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"}}