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This law was first created in 2025. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 573<\/a> and 581<\/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":183767,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85720,"identifier":"22.1-23.6","token":"22.1\/3\/22.1-23.6","url":"\/22.1-23.6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-23.6\/","token":"22.1\/3\/22.1-23.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Guidelines relating to virtual or online learning","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-23.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall develop and post on its official website guidelines and information relating to virtual learning, including (i) statewide policies relating to virtual learning, (ii) the availability of online or virtual learning options and pertinent information on such options, and (iii) guidelines for educators and schools relating to online or virtual learning policies and best practices. In addition, the Department<\/span> shall provide for the guidelines to allow dissemination to each school board<\/span> for distribution to parents<\/span><\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The guidelines established by the Department<\/span> pursuant to this section shall be updated annually. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGUIDELINES RELATING TO VIRTUAL OR ONLINE LEARNING (\u00a7 22.1-23.6)\n\nA. The Department shall develop and post on its official website guidelines and\ninformation relating to virtual learning, including (i) statewide policies\nrelating to virtual learning, (ii) the availability of online or virtual\nlearning options and pertinent information on such options, and (iii) guidelines\nfor educators and schools relating to online or virtual learning policies and\nbest practices. In addition, the Department shall provide for the guidelines to\nallow dissemination to each school board for distribution to parents.\n\nB. The guidelines established by the Department pursuant to this section shall\nbe updated annually.\n\nHISTORY: 2025, cc. 573, 581.","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}}