{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/22.1-212.23.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/22.1-212.23.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/22.1-212.23.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/22.1-212.23.html"}],"law_id":55106,"edition_id":1,"section_id":55106,"structure_id":14017,"section_number":"22.1-212.23","catch_line":"Definitions","history":"2010, cc. 537, 817.","full_text":"As used in this article:\n\t\t“Multidivision online provider” means (i) a private or nonprofit organization that enters into a contract with a local school board to provide online courses or programs through that school board to students who reside in Virginia both within and outside the geographical boundaries of that school division; (ii) a private or nonprofit organization that enters into contracts with multiple local school boards to provide online courses or programs to students in grades K through 12 through those school boards; or (iii) a local school board that provides online courses or programs to students who reside in Virginia but outside the geographical boundaries of that school division. However, “multidivision online provider” shall not include (a) a local school board’s online learning program in which fewer than 10 percent of the students enrolled reside outside the geographical boundaries of that school division; (b) multiple local school boards that establish joint online courses or programs in which fewer than 10 percent of the students enrolled reside outside the geographical boundaries of those school divisions; (c) local school boards that provide online learning courses or programs for their students through an arrangement with a public or private institution of higher education; or (d) local school boards providing online courses or programs through a private or nonprofit organization that has been approved as a multidivision online provider.\n\t\t“Online course” means a course or grade-level subject instruction that (i) is delivered by a multidivision online provider primarily electronically using the Internet or other computer-based methods and (ii) is taught by a teacher primarily from a remote location, with student access to the teacher given synchronously, asynchronously, or both.\n\t\t“Virtual school program” means a series of online courses with instructional content that (i) is delivered by a multidivision online provider primarily electronically using the Internet or other computer-based methods; (ii) is taught by a teacher primarily from a remote location, with student access to the teacher given synchronously, asynchronously, or both; (iii) is delivered as a part-time or full-time program; and (iv) has an online component with online lessons and tools for student and data management.\n\t\tAn online course or virtual school program may be delivered to students at school as part of the regularly scheduled school day.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":202065,"text":"As used in this article:\n\t\t“Multidivision online provider” means (i) a private or nonprofit organization that enters into a contract with a local school board to provide online courses or programs through that school board to students who reside in Virginia both within and outside the geographical boundaries of that school division; (ii) a private or nonprofit organization that enters into contracts with multiple local school boards to provide online courses or programs to students in grades K through 12 through those school boards; or (iii) a local school board that provides online courses or programs to students who reside in Virginia but outside the geographical boundaries of that school division. However, “multidivision online provider” shall not include (a) a local school board’s online learning program in which fewer than 10 percent of the students enrolled reside outside the geographical boundaries of that school division; (b) multiple local school boards that establish joint online courses or programs in which fewer than 10 percent of the students enrolled reside outside the geographical boundaries of those school divisions; (c) local school boards that provide online learning courses or programs for their students through an arrangement with a public or private institution of higher education; or (d) local school boards providing online courses or programs through a private or nonprofit organization that has been approved as a multidivision online provider.\n\t\t“Online course” means a course or grade-level subject instruction that (i) is delivered by a multidivision online provider primarily electronically using the Internet or other computer-based methods and (ii) is taught by a teacher primarily from a remote location, with student access to the teacher given synchronously, asynchronously, or both.\n\t\t“Virtual school program” means a series of online courses with instructional content that (i) is delivered by a multidivision online provider primarily electronically using the Internet or other computer-based methods; (ii) is taught by a teacher primarily from a remote location, with student access to the teacher given synchronously, asynchronously, or both; (iii) is delivered as a part-time or full-time program; and (iv) has an online component with online lessons and tools for student and data management.\n\t\tAn online course or virtual school program may be delivered to students at school as part of the regularly scheduled school day.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14017,"edition_id":1,"name":"Establishment of Virtual School Programs","identifier":"1.4","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12954,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:37","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:37","permalink":{"id":181783,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14017,"identifier":"1.4","token":"22.1\/13\/1.4","url":"\/22.1\/13\/1.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12954,"edition_id":1,"name":"Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks","identifier":"13","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12823,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","permalink":{"id":181369,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12954,"identifier":"13","token":"22.1\/13","url":"\/22.1\/13\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12823,"edition_id":1,"name":"Education","identifier":"22.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":180949,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12823,"identifier":"22.1","token":"22.1","url":"\/22.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":55106,"structure_id":14017,"section_number":"22.1-212.23","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/22.1-212.23\/","token":"22.1\/13\/1.4\/22.1-212.23","metadata":false},{"id":62604,"structure_id":14017,"section_number":"22.1-212.24","catch_line":"Approval of multidivision online providers; contracts with local school boards","url":"\/22.1-212.24\/","token":"22.1\/13\/1.4\/22.1-212.24","metadata":false},{"id":78088,"structure_id":14017,"section_number":"22.1-212.25","catch_line":"Information regarding online courses and virtual programs; report","url":"\/22.1-212.25\/","token":"22.1\/13\/1.4\/22.1-212.25","metadata":false},{"id":55781,"structure_id":14017,"section_number":"22.1-212.26","catch_line":"Teachers and administrators of online courses and virtual programs","url":"\/22.1-212.26\/","token":"22.1\/13\/1.4\/22.1-212.26","metadata":false},{"id":74942,"structure_id":14017,"section_number":"22.1-212.27","catch_line":"Students enrolled in online courses and virtual programs","url":"\/22.1-212.27\/","token":"22.1\/13\/1.4\/22.1-212.27","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":62604,"structure_id":14017,"section_number":"22.1-212.24","catch_line":"Approval of multidivision online providers; contracts with local school boards","url":"\/22.1-212.24\/","token":"22.1\/13\/1.4\/22.1-212.24","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/22.1-212.23\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 537<\/a> and 817<\/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":[{"id":58334,"section_number":"22.1-212.2","catch_line":"Virtual Virginia","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-212.2\/"},{"id":71301,"section_number":"22.1-298.1","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2030) Regulations governing licensure","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-298.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":181785,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55106,"identifier":"22.1-212.23","token":"22.1\/13\/1.4\/22.1-212.23","url":"\/22.1-212.23\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-212.23\/","token":"22.1\/13\/1.4\/22.1-212.23","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-212.23","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article:\n\t\t“Multidivision online provider<\/span>” means (i) a private or nonprofit organization that enters into a contract<\/span> with a local school board<\/span> to provide online courses<\/span> or programs through that school board<\/span> to students who reside in Virginia both within and outside the geographical boundaries of that school division; (ii) a private or nonprofit organization that enters into contracts<\/span> with multiple local school boards<\/span> to provide online courses<\/span> or programs to students in grades K through 12 through those school boards<\/span>; or (iii) a local school board<\/span> that provides online courses<\/span> or programs to students who reside in Virginia but outside the geographical boundaries of that school division. However, “multidivision online provider<\/span>” shall not include (a) a local school board<\/span>’s online learning program in which fewer than 10 percent of the students enrolled reside outside the geographical boundaries of that school division; (b) multiple local school boards<\/span> that establish joint online courses<\/span> or programs in which fewer than 10 percent of the students enrolled reside outside the geographical boundaries of those school divisions; (c) local school boards<\/span> that provide online learning courses or programs for their students through an arrangement with a public or private institution of higher education; or (d) local school boards<\/span> providing online courses<\/span> or programs through a private or nonprofit organization that has been approved as a multidivision online provider<\/span>.\n\t\t“Online course<\/span>” means a course or grade-level subject instruction that (i) is delivered by a multidivision online provider<\/span> primarily electronically using the Internet or other computer-based methods and (ii) is taught by a teacher primarily from a remote location, with student access to the teacher given synchronously, asynchronously, or both.\n\t\t“Virtual school program<\/span>” means a series of online courses<\/span> with instructional content that (i) is delivered by a multidivision online provider<\/span> primarily electronically using the Internet or other computer-based methods; (ii) is taught by a teacher primarily from a remote location, with student access to the teacher given synchronously, asynchronously, or both; (iii) is delivered as a part-time or full-time program; and (iv) has an online component with online lessons and tools for student and data management.\n\t\tAn online course<\/span> or virtual school program<\/span> may be delivered to students at school as part of the regularly scheduled school day.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 22.1-212.23)\n\nAs used in this article:\n\t\t“Multidivision online provider” means (i) a private or nonprofit\norganization that enters into a contract with a local school board to provide\nonline courses or programs through that school board to students who reside in\nVirginia both within and outside the geographical boundaries of that school\ndivision; (ii) a private or nonprofit organization that enters into contracts\nwith multiple local school boards to provide online courses or programs to\nstudents in grades K through 12 through those school boards; or (iii) a local\nschool board that provides online courses or programs to students who reside in\nVirginia but outside the geographical boundaries of that school division.\nHowever, “multidivision online provider” shall not include (a) a\nlocal school board’s online learning program in which fewer than 10\npercent of the students enrolled reside outside the geographical boundaries of\nthat school division; (b) multiple local school boards that establish joint\nonline courses or programs in which fewer than 10 percent of the students\nenrolled reside outside the geographical boundaries of those school divisions;\n(c) local school boards that provide online learning courses or programs for\ntheir students through an arrangement with a public or private institution of\nhigher education; or (d) local school boards providing online courses or\nprograms through a private or nonprofit organization that has been approved as a\nmultidivision online provider.\n\t\t“Online course” means a course or grade-level subject instruction\nthat (i) is delivered by a multidivision online provider primarily\nelectronically using the Internet or other computer-based methods and (ii) is\ntaught by a teacher primarily from a remote location, with student access to the\nteacher given synchronously, asynchronously, or both.\n\t\t“Virtual school program” means a series of online courses with\ninstructional content that (i) is delivered by a multidivision online provider\nprimarily electronically using the Internet or other computer-based methods;\n(ii) is taught by a teacher primarily from a remote location, with student\naccess to the teacher given synchronously, asynchronously, or both; (iii) is\ndelivered as a part-time or full-time program; and (iv) has an online component\nwith online lessons and tools for student and data management.\n\t\tAn online course or virtual school program may be delivered to students at\nschool as part of the regularly scheduled school day.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, cc. 537, 817.","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}}