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The report of compliance shall be submitted to the Board of Education by the chairman of the local school board and the division superintendent.\n\t\tNoncompliance with the Standards of Quality shall be included in the Board of Education’s annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly as required by \u00a7 22.1-18.\n\t\tAs required by \u00a7 22.1-18, the Board 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.\n\t\tThe Board of Education shall have authority to seek school division compliance with the foregoing Standards of Quality. When the Board of Education determines that a school division has failed or refused, and continues to fail or refuse, to comply with any such Standard, the Board may petition the circuit court having jurisdiction in the school division to mandate or otherwise enforce compliance with such standard, including the development or implementation of any required corrective action plan that a local school board has failed or refused to develop or implement in a timely manner.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":287040,"text":"The Standards of Quality prescribed in this chapter shall be the only standards of quality required by Article VIII, Section 2 of the Constitution of Virginia.\n\t\tEach local school board shall provide, as a minimum, the programs and services, as provided in the Standards of Quality prescribed above, with state and local funds as apportioned by the General Assembly in the appropriation act and to the extent funding is provided by the General Assembly.\n\t\tEach local school board shall report its compliance with the Standards of Quality to the Board of Education annually. 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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 645 and 682 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. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1990, chapters 820 and 839; in 2004, chapters 939<\/a>, 955<\/a>, and 965<\/a>; in 2005, chapters 331<\/a> and 450<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":76921,"section_number":"22.1-18","catch_line":"Report on education and standards of quality for school divisions; when submitted and effective","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-18\/"}],"permalink":{"id":182125,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80188,"identifier":"22.1-253.13:8","token":"22.1\/13.2\/22.1-253.13_8","url":"\/22.1-253.13_8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-253.13_8\/","token":"22.1\/13.2\/22.1-253.13_8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compliance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-253.13:8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Standards of Quality prescribed in this chapter shall be the only standards of quality required by Article VIII, Section 2 of the Constitution of Virginia.\n\t\tEach local school board<\/span> shall provide, as a minimum, the programs and services, as provided in the Standards of Quality prescribed above, with state and local funds as apportioned by the General Assembly in the appropriation act and to the extent funding is provided by the General Assembly.\n\t\tEach local school board<\/span> shall report its compliance with the Standards of Quality to the Board of Education annually. The report of compliance shall be submitted to the Board of Education by the chairman of the local school board<\/span> and the division superintendent<\/span>.\n\t\tNoncompliance with the Standards of Quality shall be included in the Board of Education’s annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly as required by \u00a7 22.1-18<\/a>.\n\t\tAs required by \u00a7 22.1-18<\/a>, the Board 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.\n\t\tThe Board of Education shall have authority to seek school division compliance with the foregoing Standards of Quality. When the Board of Education determines that a school division has failed or refused, and continues to fail or refuse, to comply with any such Standard, the Board may petition<\/span> the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> having jurisdiction<\/span> in the school division to mandate<\/span> or otherwise enforce compliance with such standard, including the development or implementation of any required corrective action plan that a local school board<\/span> has failed or refused to develop or implement in a timely manner.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPLIANCE (\u00a7 22.1-253.13:8)\n\nThe Standards of Quality prescribed in this chapter shall be the only standards\nof quality required by Article VIII, Section 2 of the Constitution of Virginia.\n\t\tEach local school board shall provide, as a minimum, the programs and\nservices, as provided in the Standards of Quality prescribed above, with state\nand local funds as apportioned by the General Assembly in the appropriation act\nand to the extent funding is provided by the General Assembly.\n\t\tEach local school board shall report its compliance with the Standards of\nQuality to the Board of Education annually. The report of compliance shall be\nsubmitted to the Board of Education by the chairman of the local school board\nand the division superintendent.\n\t\tNoncompliance with the Standards of Quality shall be included in the Board of\nEducation’s annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly as\nrequired by \u00a7 22.1-18.\n\t\tAs required by \u00a7 22.1-18, the Board of Education shall submit to the Governor\nand the General Assembly a report on the condition and needs of public education\nin the Commonwealth and shall identify any school divisions and the specific\nschools therein that have failed to establish and maintain schools meeting the\nexisting prescribed Standards of Quality.\n\t\tThe Board of Education shall have authority to seek school division compliance\nwith the foregoing Standards of Quality. When the Board of Education determines\nthat a school division has failed or refused, and continues to fail or refuse,\nto comply with any such Standard, the Board may petition the circuit court\nhaving jurisdiction in the school division to mandate or otherwise enforce\ncompliance with such standard, including the development or implementation of\nany required corrective action plan that a local school board has failed or\nrefused to develop or implement in a timely manner.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, cc. 645, 682; 1990, cc. 820, 839; 2004, cc. 939, 955, 965; 2005,\ncc. 331, 450.","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}}