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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 1964, chapter 119; in 1968, chapter 178; in 1980, chapter 559; in 2025, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0293\">293<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":182169,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57994,"identifier":"22.1-259","token":"22.1\/14\/1\/22.1-259","url":"\/22.1-259\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-259\/","token":"22.1\/14\/1\/22.1-259","dublin_core":{"Title":"Teachers to keep daily attendance records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-259","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A teacher in every public school in the Commonwealth shall keep an accurate daily record of attendance of all children, both (i) at the beginning of the school day and (ii) if applicable, for each class period, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>. 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Such record shall, at all times, be open to\nany officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this article who may inspect\nor copy the same and shall be admissible in evidence in any prosecution for a\nviolation of this article as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 22-209, 22-275.15; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 72; 1964, c.\n119; 1968, c. 178; 1980, c. 559; 2025, c. 293.","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}}