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Compulsory School Attendance

Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-254— Compulsory attendance required; excuses and waivers; alternative education program attendance; exemptions from article
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-254.1— Declaration of policy; requirements for home instruction of children
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-254.01— Certain students required to attend summer school or after-school sessions
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-254.02— Students transferring from a public school
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-254.2— Testing for high school equivalency; eligibility; guidelines
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-255— Nonresident children
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-256— Repealed
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-258— Appointment of attendance officers; notification when pupil fails to report to school; plan; conference; court proceedings
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-259— Teachers to keep daily attendance records
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-260— Reports of children enrolled and not enrolled; nonattendance
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-261— Attendance officer to make list of children not enrolled; duties of attendance officer
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-262— Complaint to court when parent fails to comply with law
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-263— Violation constitutes misdemeanor
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-264— Misdemeanor to make false statements as to age
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-264.1— Misdemeanor to make false statements as to school division or attendance zone residency; penalty
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-265— Inducing children to absent themselves
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-266— Law-enforcement officers and truant children
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-267— Proceedings against habitually absent child
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-268— Duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth to prosecute cases arising under article; jurisdiction of offenses
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-269— Board to enforce
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-269.1— Alternative attendance programs