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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 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 1973, chapter 97; in 1980, chapter 559; in 1984, chapter 157; in 2002, chapters 159<\/a> and 253<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 643<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 386<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 469<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 235<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84368,"section_number":"22.1-212.15","catch_line":"Report of public charter schools","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-212.15\/"},{"id":73396,"section_number":"22.1-253.13:6","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Standard 6. Planning and public involvement","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-253.13_6\/"},{"id":80188,"section_number":"22.1-253.13:8","catch_line":"Compliance","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-253.13_8\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":183459,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76921,"identifier":"22.1-18","token":"22.1\/2\/22.1-18","url":"\/22.1-18\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-18\/","token":"22.1\/2\/22.1-18","dublin_core":{"Title":"Report on education and standards of quality for school divisions; when submitted and effective","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-18","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

By December 1 of each year, the Board<\/span> of Education shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report on the condition and needs of public education in the Commonwealth and shall identify any school divisions and the specific schools therein that have failed to establish and maintain schools meeting the existing prescribed standards of quality. Such standards of quality shall be subject to revision only by the General Assembly, pursuant to Article VIII, Section 2 of the Constitution of Virginia. Such report shall include:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A complete listing of the current standards of quality for the Commonwealth’s public schools, together with a justification for each particular standard, how long each such standard has been in its current form, and whether the Board<\/span> recommends any change or addition to the standards of quality; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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4.<\/span> An explanation of the need to retain or maintain the frequency of any report identified pursuant to subdivision 3; any recommendation for the elimination, reduction in frequency, or consolidation<\/span> of reports identified pursuant to subdivision 3 when such elimination, reduction in frequency, or consolidation<\/span> would require an amendment to the laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth; and a description of any other report identified pursuant to subdivision 3 that the Board<\/span> has eliminated, reduced in frequency, or consolidated; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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