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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0100\">100<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":183415,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72193,"identifier":"22.1-16.8","token":"22.1\/2\/22.1-16.8","url":"\/22.1-16.8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-16.8\/","token":"22.1\/2\/22.1-16.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Instructional material; sexually explicit content; parental notification","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-16.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> As used in this section, &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">sexually explicit content<\/span>&#8221; has the same meaning as provided in subsection A of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Restrictions on state employee access to information infrastructure\" href=\"\/2.2-2827\/\">2.2-2827<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-260047\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/22.1-16.8\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall develop and make available to each <span class=\"dictionary\">school board<\/span> model policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> that includes <span class=\"dictionary\">sexually explicit content<\/span> and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to: <a id=\"paragraph-260048\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/22.1-16.8\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Ensuring parental notification; <a id=\"paragraph-260049\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/22.1-16.8\/#B1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Directly identifying the specific instructional <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> and sexually explicit subjects; and <a id=\"paragraph-260050\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/22.1-16.8\/#B2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Permitting the <span class=\"dictionary\">parent<\/span> of any student to review instructional <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> that includes <span class=\"dictionary\">sexually explicit content<\/span> and provide, as an alternative, nonexplicit instructional <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> and related academic activities to any student whose <span class=\"dictionary\">parent<\/span> so requests. <a id=\"paragraph-260051\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/22.1-16.8\/#B3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Each <span class=\"dictionary\">school board<\/span> shall adopt policies that are consistent with but may be more comprehensive than the model policies developed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> pursuant to subsection B. <a id=\"paragraph-260052\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/22.1-16.8\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL; SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION (\u00a7\n22.1-16.8)\n\nA. As used in this section, &#8220;sexually explicit content&#8221; has the same\nmeaning as provided in subsection A of &#xA7; 2.2-2827.\n\nB. The Department shall develop and make available to each school board model\npolicies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that\nincludes sexually explicit content and include information, guidance,\nprocedures, and standards relating to:\n\n   1. Ensuring parental notification;\n\n   2. Directly identifying the specific instructional material and sexually\n   explicit subjects; and\n\n   3. Permitting the parent of any student to review instructional material that\n   includes sexually explicit content and provide, as an alternative, nonexplicit\n   instructional material and related academic activities to any student whose\n   parent so requests.\n\nC. Each school board shall adopt policies that are consistent with but may be\nmore comprehensive than the model policies developed by the Department pursuant\nto subsection B.\n\nHISTORY: 2022, c. 100.","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}}