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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1980, chapter 559; in 1987, chapter 374; in 1988, chapter 163; in 1999, chapter 526<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 637<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 372<\/a> and 666<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80115,"section_number":"22.1-261","catch_line":"Attendance officer to make list of children not enrolled; duties of attendance officer","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-261\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":72504,"section_number":"22.1-258","catch_line":"Appointment of attendance officers; notification when pupil fails to report to school; plan; conference; court proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-258\/"}],"permalink":{"id":182173,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73600,"identifier":"22.1-260","token":"22.1\/14\/1\/22.1-260","url":"\/22.1-260\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-260\/","token":"22.1\/14\/1\/22.1-260","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reports of children enrolled and not enrolled; nonattendance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-260","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Within 10 days after the opening of the school, each public school principal shall report to the division superintendent<\/span>: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The name, age and grade of each student enrolled in the school, and the name and address of the student’s parent<\/span> or guardian; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> To the best of the principal’s information, the name of each child subject to the provisions of this article who is not enrolled in school, with the name and address of the child’s parent<\/span> or guardian. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> At the end of each school year, each public school principal shall report to the division superintendent<\/span> the number of students by grade level for whom a conference was scheduled as required by § 22.1-258<\/a>. The division superintendent<\/span> shall compile such grade level information for the division and provide such information to the Superintendent of Public Instruction annually. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPORTS OF CHILDREN ENROLLED AND NOT ENROLLED; NONATTENDANCE (\u00a7 22.1-260)\n\nA. Within 10 days after the opening of the school, each public school principal\nshall report to the division superintendent:\n\n 1. The name, age and grade of each student enrolled in the school, and the\n name and address of the student’s parent or guardian; and\n\n 2. To the best of the principal’s information, the name of each child\n subject to the provisions of this article who is not enrolled in school, with\n the name and address of the child’s parent or guardian.\n\nB. At the end of each school year, each public school principal shall report to\nthe division superintendent the number of students by grade level for whom a\nconference was scheduled as required by § 22.1-258. The division\nsuperintendent shall compile such grade level information for the division and\nprovide such information to the Superintendent of Public Instruction annually.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 22-275.8, 22-275.9; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 72; 1980, c.\n559; 1987, c. 374; 1988, c. 163; 1999, c. 526; 2003, c. 637; 2015, cc. 372, 666.","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}}