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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 295 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 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2006, chapter 295<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":182585,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65641,"identifier":"22.1-288.1","token":"22.1\/14\/5\/22.1-288.1","url":"\/22.1-288.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-288.1\/","token":"22.1\/14\/5\/22.1-288.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notation in school records of missing children; local law-enforcement cooperation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-288.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Each school board<\/span> shall receive reports of disappearances of any children living within the school division from local law<\/span> enforcement pursuant to § 52-31.1<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Upon notification by a local law<\/span>-enforcement agency of a child’s disappearance, the principal of any school in which the child was enrolled at the time of the disappearance shall indicate, by mark<\/span>, in the child’s cumulative record that the child has been reported as missing. Upon notification by law<\/span> enforcement that the child is located, the principal shall remove the mark<\/span> from the record. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Upon receiving a request from any school or person for copies of the cumulative records and birth certificate of any child who has been reported by a local law<\/span>-enforcement agency to be missing, the school being requested to transfer the records shall immediately notify the law<\/span>-enforcement agency that provided the report to the school of the child’s disappearance of the location of the school or person requesting the cumulative records and birth certificate of the child, without alerting the requestor of such report. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> For the purposes of this section, a “mark<\/span>” shall mean an electronic or other indicator that (i) is readily apparent on the student’s record and (ii) will immediately alert any school personnel that the record is that of a missing child. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTATION IN SCHOOL RECORDS OF MISSING CHILDREN; LOCAL LAW-ENFORCEMENT\nCOOPERATION (\u00a7 22.1-288.1)\n\nA. Each school board shall receive reports of disappearances of any children\nliving within the school division from local law enforcement pursuant to §\n52-31.1.\n\nB. Upon notification by a local law-enforcement agency of a child’s\ndisappearance, the principal of any school in which the child was enrolled at\nthe time of the disappearance shall indicate, by mark, in the child’s\ncumulative record that the child has been reported as missing. Upon notification\nby law enforcement that the child is located, the principal shall remove the\nmark from the record.\n\nC. Upon receiving a request from any school or person for copies of the\ncumulative records and birth certificate of any child who has been reported by a\nlocal law-enforcement agency to be missing, the school being requested to\ntransfer the records shall immediately notify the law-enforcement agency that\nprovided the report to the school of the child’s disappearance of the\nlocation of the school or person requesting the cumulative records and birth\ncertificate of the child, without alerting the requestor of such report.\n\nD. For the purposes of this section, a “mark” shall mean an\nelectronic or other indicator that (i) is readily apparent on the\nstudent’s record and (ii) will immediately alert any school personnel that\nthe record is that of a missing child.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 295; 2006, c. 295.","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}}