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This law was first created in 2013. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 609<\/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 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2016, chapter 524<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 378<\/a> and 1040<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":81814,"section_number":"22.1-137.3","catch_line":"School safety procedures; emergency situations; annual training","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-137.3\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":184513,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76402,"identifier":"22.1-137.2","token":"22.1\/9\/2\/22.1-137.2","url":"\/22.1-137.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-137.2\/","token":"22.1\/9\/2\/22.1-137.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lock-down drills","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-137.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In every public school there shall be a lock-down drill at least once during the first 20 school days of each school session, in order<\/span> that students and teachers may be thoroughly practiced in such drills. Every public school shall hold at least one additional lock-down drill after the first 60 days of the school session. Every public school shall provide the parents<\/span><\/span> of enrolled students with at least 24 hours’ notice before the school conducts any lock-down drill, provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to require such notice to include the exact date and time of the lock-down drill. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students shall be exempt from mandatory participation in lock-down drills during the first 60 days of the school session. Local school boards<\/span> shall develop policies to implement such exemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, each pre-kindergarten and kindergarten student shall participate in each lock-down drill after the first 60 days of each school session. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCK-DOWN DRILLS (\u00a7 22.1-137.2)\n\nA. In every public school there shall be a lock-down drill at least once during\nthe first 20 school days of each school session, in order that students and\nteachers may be thoroughly practiced in such drills. Every public school shall\nhold at least one additional lock-down drill after the first 60 days of the\nschool session. Every public school shall provide the parents of enrolled\nstudents with at least 24 hours’ notice before the school conducts any\nlock-down drill, provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be\nconstrued to require such notice to include the exact date and time of the\nlock-down drill.\n\nB. Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students shall be exempt from mandatory\nparticipation in lock-down drills during the first 60 days of the school\nsession. Local school boards shall develop policies to implement such exemption.\nNotwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, each\npre-kindergarten and kindergarten student shall participate in each lock-down\ndrill after the first 60 days of each school session.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, c. 609; 2016, c. 524; 2020, cc. 378, 1040; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.\n26.","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}}