Pursuant to § 1-511, school boards shall have no obligation to teach the standard curriculum, except courses in foreign languages, in a language other than English. School boards shall endeavor to provide instruction in the English language which shall be designed to promote the education of students for whom English is a second language.
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-212.1
Obligations of school boards
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Yniguez v. Arizonans for Official English (1995)
Most recently applied in Yniguez v. Arizonans for Official English (October 1995)
1981, c. 185; 1986, c. 466; 1996, c. 829; 2005, c. 839.
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