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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 163<\/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 4 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 1997, chapters 466<\/a> and 828<\/a>; in 1998, chapters 602<\/a>, 627<\/a>, and 902<\/a>; in 1999, chapters 488<\/a> and 552<\/a>; in 2006, chapters 41<\/a> and 834<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86271,"section_number":"22.1-199.2","catch_line":"Standards for remediation programs established","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-199.2\/"},{"id":80280,"section_number":"22.1-253.13:1","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Standard 1. Instructional programs supporting the Standards of Learning and other educational objectives","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-253.13_1\/"},{"id":64677,"section_number":"22.1-254","catch_line":"Compulsory attendance required; excuses and waivers; alternative education program attendance; exemptions from article","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-254\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":80280,"section_number":"22.1-253.13:1","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Standard 1. Instructional programs supporting the Standards of Learning and other educational objectives","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-253.13_1\/"},{"id":64677,"section_number":"22.1-254","catch_line":"Compulsory attendance required; excuses and waivers; alternative education program attendance; exemptions from article","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-254\/"}],"permalink":{"id":182141,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61216,"identifier":"22.1-254.01","token":"22.1\/14\/1\/22.1-254.01","url":"\/22.1-254.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-254.01\/","token":"22.1\/14\/1\/22.1-254.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certain students required to attend summer school or after-school sessions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-254.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The division superintendent<\/span> may seek immediate compliance with the compulsory school attendance law<\/span> as set forth in \u00a7 22.1-254<\/a> after a reasonable effort to seek the student’s attendance in the summer school program or after-school session has failed, including direct notification of the parents<\/span><\/span> of such student of the attendance requirement and failure of the parents<\/span><\/span> to secure the student’s attendance, when:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A student is required to take a special program of prevention, intervention, or remediation in a public summer school program or to participate in another form of remediation as provided in subsection C of § 22.1-253.13:1<\/a> and in accordance with clause (ii) of subsection A of § 22.1-254<\/a>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The division superintendent<\/span> determines that remediation of the student’s poor academic performance, passage of the Standards of Learning Assessment in grades three through eight, or promotion is related directly to the student’s attendance in the summer school program or participation in another form of remediation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTAIN STUDENTS REQUIRED TO ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL OR AFTER-SCHOOL SESSIONS (\u00a7\n22.1-254.01)\n\nThe division superintendent may seek immediate compliance with the compulsory\nschool attendance law as set forth in \u00a7 22.1-254 after a reasonable effort to\nseek the student’s attendance in the summer school program or after-school\nsession has failed, including direct notification of the parents of such student\nof the attendance requirement and failure of the parents to secure the\nstudent’s attendance, when:\n\n1. A student is required to take a special program of prevention, intervention,\nor remediation in a public summer school program or to participate in another\nform of remediation as provided in subsection C of § 22.1-253.13:1 and in\naccordance with clause (ii) of subsection A of § 22.1-254; and\n\n2. The division superintendent determines that remediation of the\nstudent’s poor academic performance, passage of the Standards of Learning\nAssessment in grades three through eight, or promotion is related directly to\nthe student’s attendance in the summer school program or participation in\nanother form of remediation.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 163; 1997, cc. 466, 828; 1998, cc. 602, 627, 902; 1999, cc.\n488, 552; 2006, cc. 41, 834.","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}}