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This law was first created in 2013. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 553<\/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":354174,"section_number":"22.1-1","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-1\/"},{"id":354796,"section_number":"22.1-3","catch_line":"Persons to whom public schools shall be free","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-3\/"},{"id":354938,"section_number":"22.1-5","catch_line":"Regulations concerning admission of certain persons to schools; tuition charges","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-5\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1408011,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354937,"identifier":"22.1-5.1","token":"22.1\/1\/22.1-5.1","url":"\/22.1-5.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-5.1\/","token":"22.1\/1\/22.1-5.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Organizations governing public school interscholastic programs; participation by students in military families","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-5.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No public elementary<\/span> or secondary school shall become a member of any organization or entity whose purpose is to regulate or govern interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation a student who: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Previously attended the school and (i) moved with a parent<\/span>, as defined in § 22.1-1<\/a>, out of the school’s attendance area because that parent<\/span> is a full-time active duty member of the uniformed services of the United States, including service in the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders<\/span> pursuant to 10 U.S.C. §§ 1209 and 1211, and received orders<\/span> to relocate and (ii) moved back to and currently lives in the school’s attendance area; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Continues to live in the school’s attendance area, but whose parent<\/span>, as defined in § 22.1-1<\/a>, moved out of the school’s attendance area because that parent<\/span> is a full-time active duty member of the uniformed services of the United States, including service in the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders<\/span> pursuant to 10 U.S.C. §§ 1209 and 1211, and received orders<\/span> to relocate. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Nothing in this section shall affect the school board<\/span>’s discretion to admit a student to a public school in the local school division and charge tuition for his attendance if the student is not deemed to reside in the local school division pursuant to §§ 22.1-3<\/a> and 22.1-5<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nORGANIZATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL INTERSCHOLASTIC PROGRAMS; PARTICIPATION BY\nSTUDENTS IN MILITARY FAMILIES (\u00a7 22.1-5.1)\n\nA. No public elementary or secondary school shall become a member of any\norganization or entity whose purpose is to regulate or govern interscholastic\nprograms that does not deem eligible for participation a student who:\n\n 1. Previously attended the school and (i) moved with a parent, as defined in\n § 22.1-1, out of the school’s attendance area because that parent\n is a full-time active duty member of the uniformed services of the United\n States, including service in the National Guard and Reserve on active duty\n orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. §§ 1209 and 1211, and received orders\n to relocate and (ii) moved back to and currently lives in the school’s\n attendance area; or\n\n 2. Continues to live in the school’s attendance area, but whose parent,\n as defined in § 22.1-1, moved out of the school’s attendance area\n because that parent is a full-time active duty member of the uniformed\n services of the United States, including service in the National Guard and\n Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. §§ 1209 and\n 1211, and received orders to relocate.\n\nB. Nothing in this section shall affect the school board’s discretion to\nadmit a student to a public school in the local school division and charge\ntuition for his attendance if the student is not deemed to reside in the local\nschool division pursuant to §§ 22.1-3 and 22.1-5.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, c. 553.","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"}}