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Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 15.2-915<\/a>, in addition to ensuring compliance with the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 922(q), any school board<\/span> may deem any building or property that it owns or leases where employees of such school board<\/span> are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties, outside of school zones, as that term is defined in 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 921, as a gun-free zone and may prohibit any individual from knowingly purchasing, possessing, transferring, carrying, storing, or transporting firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof while such individual is upon such property. Such prohibition shall not apply to (i) any law<\/span>-enforcement officer; (ii) any retired law<\/span>-enforcement officer qualified to carry firearms pursuant to subsection C of \u00a7 18.2-308.016<\/a>; (iii) any individual who possesses an unloaded firearm that is in a closed container in or upon a motor vehicle or an unloaded shotgun or rifle in a firearms rack in or upon a motor vehicle; or (iv) any individual who has a valid concealed handgun permit and possesses a concealed handgun while in a motor vehicle in a parking lot, traffic circle, or other means of vehicular ingress to or egress from the school board<\/span> property.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTAIN SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTY; ESTABLISHMENT OF GUN-FREE ZONE PERMITTED (\u00a7\n22.1-131.1)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 15.2-915, in addition to ensuring\ncompliance with the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, 18 U.S.C. \u00a7\n922(q), any school board may deem any building or property that it owns or\nleases where employees of such school board are regularly present for the\npurpose of performing their official duties, outside of school zones, as that\nterm is defined in 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 921, as a gun-free zone and may prohibit any\nindividual from knowingly purchasing, possessing, transferring, carrying,\nstoring, or transporting firearms, ammunition, or components or combination\nthereof while such individual is upon such property. Such prohibition shall not\napply to (i) any law-enforcement officer; (ii) any retired law-enforcement\nofficer qualified to carry firearms pursuant to subsection C of \u00a7 18.2-308.016;\n(iii) any individual who possesses an unloaded firearm that is in a closed\ncontainer in or upon a motor vehicle or an unloaded shotgun or rifle in a\nfirearms rack in or upon a motor vehicle; or (iv) any individual who has a valid\nconcealed handgun permit and possesses a concealed handgun while in a motor\nvehicle in a parking lot, traffic circle, or other means of vehicular ingress to\nor egress from the school board property.\n\nHISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 439.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}