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Such courses include honors, International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, vocational, technical, and career pathways courses and any other courses for which the school division is able to honor placement of such student. Continuing the student’s academic program from the school in the sending state or the sending country and promoting placement in academically challenging and career-challenging courses should be paramount when considering course placement. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude school divisions from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure appropriate placement and continued enrollment of the student in educational courses.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1321643,"text":"When a student transfers into a school division before or during the school year, such school division shall initially honor placement of the student in educational courses based on the student’s enrollment in the school in the sending state or the sending country or educational assessments conducted at the school in the sending state or the sending country if such courses are offered. Such courses include honors, International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, vocational, technical, and career pathways courses and any other courses for which the school division is able to honor placement of such student. Continuing the student’s academic program from the school in the sending state or the sending country and promoting placement in academically challenging and career-challenging courses should be paramount when considering course placement. 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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 783<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2025, chapter 445<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1410679,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354904,"identifier":"22.1-375","token":"22.1\/27\/5\/22.1-375","url":"\/22.1-375\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-375\/","token":"22.1\/27\/5\/22.1-375","dublin_core":{"Title":"Course placement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-375","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When a student<\/span> transfers into a school division before or during the school year, such school division shall initially honor placement of the student<\/span> in educational courses based on the student<\/span>’s enrollment in the school in the sending state<\/span> or the sending country<\/span> or educational assessments conducted at the school in the sending state<\/span> or the sending country<\/span> if such courses are offered. Such courses include honors, International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, vocational, technical, and career pathways courses and any other courses for which the school division is able to honor placement of such student<\/span>. Continuing the student<\/span>’s academic program from the school in the sending state<\/span> or the sending country<\/span> and promoting placement in academically challenging and career-challenging courses should be paramount when considering course placement. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude school divisions from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure appropriate placement and continued enrollment of the student<\/span> in educational courses.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOURSE PLACEMENT (\u00a7 22.1-375)\n\nWhen a student transfers into a school division before or during the school\nyear, such school division shall initially honor placement of the student in\neducational courses based on the student’s enrollment in the school in the\nsending state or the sending country or educational assessments conducted at the\nschool in the sending state or the sending country if such courses are offered.\nSuch courses include honors, International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement,\nvocational, technical, and career pathways courses and any other courses for\nwhich the school division is able to honor placement of such student. Continuing\nthe student’s academic program from the school in the sending state or the\nsending country and promoting placement in academically challenging and\ncareer-challenging courses should be paramount when considering course\nplacement. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude school\ndivisions from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure appropriate placement\nand continued enrollment of the student in educational courses.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, c. 783; 2025, c. 445.","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"}}