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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":1410703,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354911,"identifier":"22.1-380","token":"22.1\/27\/7\/22.1-380","url":"\/22.1-380\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-380\/","token":"22.1\/27\/7\/22.1-380","dublin_core":{"Title":"Graduation; waivers and exit exams","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-380","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In order<\/span> to facilitate the on-time graduation of students<\/span>, school division administrative officials shall incorporate the following procedures:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> School division administrative officials shall waive<\/span> specific courses required for graduation if similar coursework has been satisfactorily completed in a local education agency<\/span> in a sending state<\/span> or a foreign education agency<\/span> in a sending country<\/span> or shall provide reasonable justification for denial of such waiver<\/span>. Should a waiver<\/span> not be granted to a student<\/span> who would qualify to graduate in a sending state<\/span> or a sending country<\/span>, the school division shall provide an alternative means of acquiring required coursework so that graduation may occur on time; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> 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<\/span> or a sending country<\/span>, (ii) national norm-referenced achievement tests, or (iii) alternative testing acceptable in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGRADUATION; WAIVERS AND EXIT EXAMS (\u00a7 22.1-380)\n\nIn order to facilitate the on-time graduation of students, school division\nadministrative officials shall incorporate the following procedures:\n\n1. School division administrative officials shall waive specific courses\nrequired for graduation if similar coursework has been satisfactorily completed\nin a local education agency in a sending state or a foreign education agency in\na sending country or shall provide reasonable justification for denial of such\nwaiver. Should a waiver not be granted to a student who would qualify to\ngraduate in a sending state or a sending country, the school division shall\nprovide an alternative means of acquiring required coursework so that graduation\nmay occur on time; and\n\n2. School division administrative officials shall accept, in lieu of testing\nrequirements for graduation in the Commonwealth, (i) exit or end-of-course exams\nrequired for graduation from the sending state or a sending country, (ii)\nnational norm-referenced achievement tests, or (iii) alternative testing\nacceptable in the Commonwealth.\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"}}