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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 748<\/a> and 890<\/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 5 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 2000, chapters 631<\/a> and 1028<\/a>; in 2002, chapters 851<\/a> and 874<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 530<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 441<\/a>; in 2014, chapters 645<\/a> and 693<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":181721,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84936,"identifier":"22.1-212.11","token":"22.1\/13\/1.2\/22.1-212.11","url":"\/22.1-212.11\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-212.11\/","token":"22.1\/13\/1.2\/22.1-212.11","dublin_core":{"Title":"Public charter school restrictions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-212.11","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Local school boards<\/span> may establish public charter schools within the school division. Priority shall be given to public charter school applications designed to increase the educational opportunities of at-risk students, and at least one-half of the public charter schools per division shall be designed for at-risk students; however, the one-half requirement shall not apply in cases in which an existing public school is converted into a public charter school that serves the same community as the existing public school, nor shall such public charter school conversions be counted in the determination of school division compliance with the one-half requirement. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Local school boards<\/span> shall report the grant or denial of public charter school applications to the Board<\/span> and shall specify the maximum number of charters that may be authorized, if any; the number of charters granted or denied; and whether a public charter school is designed to increase the educational opportunities of at-risk students. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a school that is the only school in the division from applying to become a public charter school. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL RESTRICTIONS (\u00a7 22.1-212.11)\n\nA. Local school boards may establish public charter schools within the school\ndivision. Priority shall be given to public charter school applications designed\nto increase the educational opportunities of at-risk students, and at least\none-half of the public charter schools per division shall be designed for\nat-risk students; however, the one-half requirement shall not apply in cases in\nwhich an existing public school is converted into a public charter school that\nserves the same community as the existing public school, nor shall such public\ncharter school conversions be counted in the determination of school division\ncompliance with the one-half requirement.\n\nB. Local school boards shall report the grant or denial of public charter school\napplications to the Board and shall specify the maximum number of charters that\nmay be authorized, if any; the number of charters granted or denied; and whether\na public charter school is designed to increase the educational opportunities of\nat-risk students.\n\nC. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a school that is the\nonly school in the division from applying to become a public charter school.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, cc. 748, 890; 2000, cc. 631, 1028; 2002, cc. 851, 874; 2004, c.\n530; 2009, c. 441; 2014, cc. 645, 693.","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}}