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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 362<\/a> and 408<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77418,"section_number":"18.2-30","catch_line":"Murder and manslaughter declared felonies","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-30\/"}],"permalink":{"id":180977,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70535,"identifier":"22.1-3.3","token":"22.1\/1\/22.1-3.3","url":"\/22.1-3.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-3.3\/","token":"22.1\/1\/22.1-3.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transfer of students under certain circumstances","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-3.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever any student has been the victim<\/span> of any crime<\/span> against the person pursuant to Chapter 4 (\u00a7 18.2-30<\/a> et seq.) of Title 18.2, and such crime<\/span> was committed by another student attending classes in the school, or by any employee of the school board<\/span>, or by any volunteer, contract<\/span> worker or other person who regularly performs services in the school, or if the crime<\/span> was committed upon school property or on any school bus owned or operated by the school division, the student upon whom the crime<\/span> was committed shall, upon written request from the student’s parent<\/span>, or the student, if such student is an emancipated minor<\/span>, be permitted by the relevant school board<\/span> to transfer to another comparable school within the school division, if available. Any transportation services for such students shall be provided in accordance with school board<\/span> policies.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, “victim<\/span>” means any student who has been the victim<\/span> of a crime<\/span> against the person pursuant to Chapter 4 (\u00a7 18.2-30<\/a> et seq.) of Title 18.2, and who has suffered physical, psychological, or economic harm as a direct result of the commission of such crime<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSFER OF STUDENTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES (\u00a7 22.1-3.3)\n\nWhenever any student has been the victim of any crime against the person\npursuant to Chapter 4 (\u00a7 18.2-30 et seq.) of Title 18.2, and such crime was\ncommitted by another student attending classes in the school, or by any employee\nof the school board, or by any volunteer, contract worker or other person who\nregularly performs services in the school, or if the crime was committed upon\nschool property or on any school bus owned or operated by the school division,\nthe student upon whom the crime was committed shall, upon written request from\nthe student’s parent, or the student, if such student is an emancipated\nminor, be permitted by the relevant school board to transfer to another\ncomparable school within the school division, if available. Any transportation\nservices for such students shall be provided in accordance with school board\npolicies.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, “victim” means any student who\nhas been the victim of a crime against the person pursuant to Chapter 4 (\u00a7\n18.2-30 et seq.) of Title 18.2, and who has suffered physical, psychological, or\neconomic harm as a direct result of the commission of such crime.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 362, 408.","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}}