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The school board may (i) pay for all or a portion of the cost of the fingerprinting or criminal records check or (ii) in its discretion, require the applicant to pay for all or a portion of the cost of such fingerprinting or criminal records check.\n\t\t\tThe Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an applicant’s record or notification that no record exists, shall report to the school board, which shall be a governmental entity, whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony or a Class 1 misdemeanor or an equivalent offense in another state.\n\t\t\tTo conserve the costs of conducting criminal history record checks to applicants and school boards, upon the written request and permission of the applicant, a school board shall inform another school board with which reciprocity has been established, and to which the applicant also has applied for employment, of the results of the criminal history record information conducted within the previous 90 days that it obtained concerning the applicant. Criminal history record information pertaining to an applicant for employment by a school board shall be exchanged only between school boards in the Commonwealth in which a current agreement of reciprocity for the exchange of such information has been established and is in effect. Reciprocity agreements between school boards shall provide for the apportionment of the costs of the fingerprinting or criminal records check between the applicant and the school board, as prescribed in this section. However, school boards that enter into reciprocity agreements shall not each levy the costs of the fingerprinting or criminal records check on the applicant.B\n\nThe division superintendent shall inform the relevant school board of any notification of arrest of a school board employee received pursuant to § 19.2-83.1. The school board shall require such employee, whether full time or part time or permanent or temporary, to submit to fingerprinting and to provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with the employee’s fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding such employee. The school board may (i) pay for all or a portion of the cost of the fingerprinting or criminal records check or (ii) in its discretion, require the applicant to pay for all or a portion of the cost of such fingerprinting or criminal records check.\n\t\t\tThe Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an employee’s record or notification that no record exists, shall report to the school board whether or not the employee has been convicted of any of the offenses listed in subsection A. The contents of the employee’s record shall be used by the school board solely to implement the provisions of §§ 22.1-307 and 22.1-315.C\n\nThe Central Criminal Records Exchange shall not disclose information to the school board regarding charges or convictions of any crimes not specified in this section. If an applicant is denied employment or a current employee is suspended or dismissed because of information appearing on his criminal history record, the school board shall provide a copy of the information obtained from the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the applicant or employee. The information provided to the school board shall not be disseminated except as provided in this section.D\n\nFor the purposes of this section, “school board” includes the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, which, for the purpose of receiving criminal history record information pertaining to an application for employment from the Central Criminal Records Exchange, shall be a governmental entity.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":267422,"text":"As a condition of employment, the school boards of the Commonwealth shall require any applicant who is offered or accepts employment, whether full time or part time or permanent or temporary, to submit to fingerprinting and to provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with the applicant’s fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding such applicant. The school board may (i) pay for all or a portion of the cost of the fingerprinting or criminal records check or (ii) in its discretion, require the applicant to pay for all or a portion of the cost of such fingerprinting or criminal records check.\n\t\t\tThe Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an applicant’s record or notification that no record exists, shall report to the school board, which shall be a governmental entity, whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony or a Class 1 misdemeanor or an equivalent offense in another state.\n\t\t\tTo conserve the costs of conducting criminal history record checks to applicants and school boards, upon the written request and permission of the applicant, a school board shall inform another school board with which reciprocity has been established, and to which the applicant also has applied for employment, of the results of the criminal history record information conducted within the previous 90 days that it obtained concerning the applicant. Criminal history record information pertaining to an applicant for employment by a school board shall be exchanged only between school boards in the Commonwealth in which a current agreement of reciprocity for the exchange of such information has been established and is in effect. Reciprocity agreements between school boards shall provide for the apportionment of the costs of the fingerprinting or criminal records check between the applicant and the school board, as prescribed in this section. However, school boards that enter into reciprocity agreements shall not each levy the costs of the fingerprinting or criminal records check on the applicant.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":267423,"text":"The division superintendent shall inform the relevant school board of any notification of arrest of a school board employee received pursuant to § 19.2-83.1. The school board shall require such employee, whether full time or part time or permanent or temporary, to submit to fingerprinting and to provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with the employee’s fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding such employee. The school board may (i) pay for all or a portion of the cost of the fingerprinting or criminal records check or (ii) in its discretion, require the applicant to pay for all or a portion of the cost of such fingerprinting or criminal records check.\n\t\t\tThe Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an employee’s record or notification that no record exists, shall report to the school board whether or not the employee has been convicted of any of the offenses listed in subsection A. The contents of the employee’s record shall be used by the school board solely to implement the provisions of §§ 22.1-307 and 22.1-315.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":267424,"text":"The Central Criminal Records Exchange shall not disclose information to the school board regarding charges or convictions of any crimes not specified in this section. If an applicant is denied employment or a current employee is suspended or dismissed because of information appearing on his criminal history record, the school board shall provide a copy of the information obtained from the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the applicant or employee. The information provided to the school board shall not be disseminated except as provided in this section.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":267425,"text":"For the purposes of this section, “school board” includes the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, which, for the purpose of receiving criminal history record information pertaining to an application for employment from the Central Criminal Records Exchange, shall be a governmental entity.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14223,"edition_id":1,"name":"Terms of Employment Generally","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12824,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:21","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:21","permalink":{"id":182951,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14223,"identifier":"2","token":"22.1\/15\/2","url":"\/22.1\/15\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12824,"edition_id":1,"name":"Teachers, Officers and Employees","identifier":"15","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12823,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":182871,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12824,"identifier":"15","token":"22.1\/15","url":"\/22.1\/15\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12823,"edition_id":1,"name":"Education","identifier":"22.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":180949,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12823,"identifier":"22.1","token":"22.1","url":"\/22.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":64907,"structure_id":14223,"section_number":"22.1-293","catch_line":"School boards authorized to employ principals and assistant principals; 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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 851 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 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 15 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 1989, chapter 544; in 1990, chapter 766; in 1991, chapter 342; in 1992, chapters 641 and 791; in 1993, chapters 210 and 458; in 1994, chapters 232<\/a> and 782<\/a>; in 1995, chapters 731<\/a>, 781<\/a>, and 809<\/a>; in 1996, chapters 396<\/a> and 467<\/a>; in 1997, chapters 444<\/a> and 721<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 412<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 448<\/a>; in 2000, chapters 683<\/a>, 774<\/a>, and 811<\/a>; in 2001, chapters 591<\/a> and 677<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 355<\/a>; in 2023, chapter 670<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78541,"section_number":"19.2-83.1","catch_line":"Report of arrest of school employees and adult students for certain offenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-83.1\/"},{"id":69815,"section_number":"22.1-212.13","catch_line":"Employment of professional, licensed personnel","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-212.13\/"},{"id":55781,"section_number":"22.1-212.26","catch_line":"Teachers and administrators of online courses and virtual programs","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-212.26\/"},{"id":71301,"section_number":"22.1-298.1","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2030) Regulations governing licensure","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-298.1\/"},{"id":69652,"section_number":"22.1-349.9","catch_line":"Employment of professional, licensed personnel","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-349.9\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":78541,"section_number":"19.2-83.1","catch_line":"Report of arrest of school employees and adult students for certain offenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-83.1\/"},{"id":72528,"section_number":"22.1-307","catch_line":"Dismissal of teacher; grounds","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-307\/"}],"permalink":{"id":182981,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74413,"identifier":"22.1-296.2","token":"22.1\/15\/2\/22.1-296.2","url":"\/22.1-296.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-296.2\/","token":"22.1\/15\/2\/22.1-296.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fingerprinting required; reciprocity permitted","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-296.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> As a condition of employment, the school boards<\/span> of the Commonwealth shall require any applicant who is offered or accepts employment, whether full time or part time or permanent or temporary, to submit to fingerprinting and to provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with the applicant’s fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding such applicant. The school board<\/span> may (i) pay for all or a portion of the cost of the fingerprinting or criminal records check or (ii) in its discretion, require the applicant to pay for all or a portion of the cost of such fingerprinting or criminal records check.\n\t\t\tThe Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an applicant’s record or notification that no record exists, shall report to the school board<\/span>, which shall be a governmental entity, whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony<\/span> or a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span> or an equivalent offense<\/span> in another state.\n\t\t\tTo conserve the costs of conducting criminal history record checks to applicants and school boards<\/span>, upon the written request and permission of the applicant, a school board<\/span> shall inform another school board<\/span> with which reciprocity has been established, and to which the applicant also has applied for employment, of the results of the criminal history record information conducted within the previous 90 days that it obtained concerning the applicant. Criminal history record information pertaining to an applicant for employment by a school board<\/span> shall be exchanged only between school boards<\/span> in the Commonwealth in which a current agreement of reciprocity for the exchange of such information has been established and is in effect. Reciprocity agreements between school boards<\/span> shall provide for the apportionment of the costs of the fingerprinting or criminal records check between the applicant and the school board<\/span>, as prescribed in this section. However, school boards<\/span> that enter into reciprocity agreements shall not each levy<\/span> the costs of the fingerprinting or criminal records check on the applicant. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The division superintendent<\/span> shall inform the relevant school board<\/span> of any notification of arrest<\/span> of a school board<\/span> employee received pursuant to § 19.2-83.1<\/a>. The school board<\/span> shall require such employee, whether full time or part time or permanent or temporary, to submit to fingerprinting and to provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with the employee’s fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding such employee. The school board<\/span> may (i) pay for all or a portion of the cost of the fingerprinting or criminal records check or (ii) in its discretion, require the applicant to pay for all or a portion of the cost of such fingerprinting or criminal records check.\n\t\t\tThe Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an employee’s record or notification that no record exists, shall report to the school board<\/span> whether or not the employee has been convicted of any of the offenses<\/span> listed in subsection A. The contents of the employee’s record shall be used by the school board<\/span> solely to implement the provisions of §§ 22.1-307<\/a> and 22.1-315<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Central Criminal Records Exchange shall not disclose information to the school board<\/span> regarding charges or convictions<\/span> of any crimes<\/span> not specified in this section. If an applicant is denied employment or a current employee is suspended or dismissed because of information appearing on his criminal history record, the school board<\/span> shall provide a copy of the information obtained from the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the applicant or employee. The information provided to the school board<\/span> shall not be disseminated except as provided in this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> For the purposes of this section, “school board<\/span>” includes the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, which, for the purpose of receiving criminal history record information pertaining to an application for employment from the Central Criminal Records Exchange, shall be a governmental entity. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFINGERPRINTING REQUIRED; RECIPROCITY PERMITTED (\u00a7 22.1-296.2)\n\nA. As a condition of employment, the school boards of the Commonwealth shall\nrequire any applicant who is offered or accepts employment, whether full time or\npart time or permanent or temporary, to submit to fingerprinting and to provide\npersonal descriptive information to be forwarded along with the\napplicant’s fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to\nthe Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal\nhistory record information regarding such applicant. The school board may (i)\npay for all or a portion of the cost of the fingerprinting or criminal records\ncheck or (ii) in its discretion, require the applicant to pay for all or a\nportion of the cost of such fingerprinting or criminal records check.\n\t\t\tThe Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an applicant’s\nrecord or notification that no record exists, shall report to the school board,\nwhich shall be a governmental entity, whether or not the applicant has ever been\nconvicted of a felony or a Class 1 misdemeanor or an equivalent offense in\nanother state.\n\t\t\tTo conserve the costs of conducting criminal history record checks to\napplicants and school boards, upon the written request and permission of the\napplicant, a school board shall inform another school board with which\nreciprocity has been established, and to which the applicant also has applied\nfor employment, of the results of the criminal history record information\nconducted within the previous 90 days that it obtained concerning the applicant.\nCriminal history record information pertaining to an applicant for employment by\na school board shall be exchanged only between school boards in the Commonwealth\nin which a current agreement of reciprocity for the exchange of such information\nhas been established and is in effect. Reciprocity agreements between school\nboards shall provide for the apportionment of the costs of the fingerprinting or\ncriminal records check between the applicant and the school board, as prescribed\nin this section. However, school boards that enter into reciprocity agreements\nshall not each levy the costs of the fingerprinting or criminal records check on\nthe applicant.\n\nB. The division superintendent shall inform the relevant school board of any\nnotification of arrest of a school board employee received pursuant to §\n19.2-83.1. The school board shall require such employee, whether full time or\npart time or permanent or temporary, to submit to fingerprinting and to provide\npersonal descriptive information to be forwarded along with the employee’s\nfingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau\nof Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record\ninformation regarding such employee. The school board may (i) pay for all or a\nportion of the cost of the fingerprinting or criminal records check or (ii) in\nits discretion, require the applicant to pay for all or a portion of the cost of\nsuch fingerprinting or criminal records check.\n\t\t\tThe Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an employee’s\nrecord or notification that no record exists, shall report to the school board\nwhether or not the employee has been convicted of any of the offenses listed in\nsubsection A. The contents of the employee’s record shall be used by the\nschool board solely to implement the provisions of §§ 22.1-307 and\n22.1-315.\n\nC. The Central Criminal Records Exchange shall not disclose information to the\nschool board regarding charges or convictions of any crimes not specified in\nthis section. If an applicant is denied employment or a current employee is\nsuspended or dismissed because of information appearing on his criminal history\nrecord, the school board shall provide a copy of the information obtained from\nthe Central Criminal Records Exchange to the applicant or employee. The\ninformation provided to the school board shall not be disseminated except as\nprovided in this section.\n\nD. For the purposes of this section, “school board” includes the\nBoard of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, which, for\nthe purpose of receiving criminal history record information pertaining to an\napplication for employment from the Central Criminal Records Exchange, shall be\na governmental entity.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 851; 1989, c. 544; 1990, c. 766; 1991, c. 342; 1992, cc. 641,\n791; 1993, cc. 210, 458; 1994, cc. 232, 782; 1995, cc. 731, 781, 809; 1996, cc.\n396, 467; 1997, cc. 444, 721; 1998, c. 412; 1999, c. 448; 2000, cc. 683, 774,\n811; 2001, cc. 591, 677; 2022, c. 355; 2023, c. 670.","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}}