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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0688\">688<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0820\">820<\/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 2 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 2004, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0574\">574<\/a>; in 2024, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0007\">7<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0144\">144<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":182505,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81689,"identifier":"22.1-279.9","token":"22.1\/14\/3\/22.1-279.9","url":"\/22.1-279.9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-279.9\/","token":"22.1\/14\/3\/22.1-279.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Development of programs to prevent crime and violence; hazing prevention training program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-279.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All <span class=\"dictionary\">school boards<\/span> shall develop, in cooperation with the local <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement agencies, juvenile and domestic relations district <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">judges<\/span>, and personnel, <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">parents<\/span><\/span>, and the community at large, programs to prevent violence and <span class=\"dictionary\">crime<\/span> on school property and at school-sponsored events, which shall include research-based hazing prevention. Activities designed to prevent the recurrence of violence and <span class=\"dictionary\">crime<\/span>, including hazing, may include such interventions as education relating to Virginia&#8217;s criminal <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, school <span class=\"dictionary\">crime<\/span> lines, peer mediation, conflict resolution, <span class=\"dictionary\">community service<\/span> requirements, and any program focused on demonstrating the consequences of violence and <span class=\"dictionary\">crime<\/span>. <span class=\"dictionary\">School boards<\/span> are encouraged to develop and use a network of volunteer services in implementing these prevention activities.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS TO PREVENT CRIME AND VIOLENCE; HAZING PREVENTION\nTRAINING PROGRAM (\u00a7 22.1-279.9)\n\nAll school boards shall develop, in cooperation with the local law-enforcement\nagencies, juvenile and domestic relations district court judges, and personnel,\nparents, and the community at large, programs to prevent violence and crime on\nschool property and at school-sponsored events, which shall include\nresearch-based hazing prevention. Activities designed to prevent the recurrence\nof violence and crime, including hazing, may include such interventions as\neducation relating to Virginia&#8217;s criminal law, school crime lines, peer\nmediation, conflict resolution, community service requirements, and any program\nfocused on demonstrating the consequences of violence and crime. School boards\nare encouraged to develop and use a network of volunteer services in\nimplementing these prevention activities.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, cc. 688, 820; 2004, c. 574; 2024, cc. 7, 144.","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}}