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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 900<\/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 4 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 2000, chapter 209<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 500<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 586<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 229<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63732,"section_number":"2.2-515.2","catch_line":"Address confidentiality program established; victims of domestic violence, stalking, child abduction, sexual violence, or human trafficking; application; disclosure of records","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-515.2\/"},{"id":83399,"section_number":"22.1-270","catch_line":"Preschool physical examinations","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-270\/"},{"id":81351,"section_number":"22.1-3","catch_line":"Persons to whom public schools shall be free","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-3\/"},{"id":86526,"section_number":"22.1-3.1","catch_line":"Birth certificates required upon admission; required notice to the local law-enforcement agency","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-3.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":180993,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81156,"identifier":"22.1-4.1","token":"22.1\/1\/22.1-4.1","url":"\/22.1-4.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-4.1\/","token":"22.1\/1\/22.1-4.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Street addresses required in certain school admission documents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-4.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Documents submitted for admission of any child to public schools in the Commonwealth, except such documents required in accordance with \u00a7\u00a7 22.1-3.1<\/a> and 22.1-270<\/a>, shall include the street address or route number of each pupil’s residence. If no street address or route number exists for such residence, a post office box number shall be required. If the pupil or parent<\/span> participates in the Address Confidentiality Program pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-515.2<\/a>, the street address or route number shall be provided to establish residency but shall not otherwise be made part of the student’s educational records.\n\t\tIf the pupil is a homeless child or youth as defined in subdivision A 7 of \u00a7 22.1-3<\/a>, and for that reason the school division determines, on the basis of the affidavit<\/span> of the person seeking to enroll the pupil, that a street address, route number, or post office box number cannot be provided, it may accept an address in an alternate form it deems appropriate.\n\t\tAddress information provided under this section shall not be released to any person unless otherwise authorized by law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTREET ADDRESSES REQUIRED IN CERTAIN SCHOOL ADMISSION DOCUMENTS (\u00a7 22.1-4.1)\n\nDocuments submitted for admission of any child to public schools in the\nCommonwealth, except such documents required in accordance with \u00a7\u00a7 22.1-3.1\nand 22.1-270, shall include the street address or route number of each\npupil’s residence. If no street address or route number exists for such\nresidence, a post office box number shall be required. If the pupil or parent\nparticipates in the Address Confidentiality Program pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-515.2,\nthe street address or route number shall be provided to establish residency but\nshall not otherwise be made part of the student’s educational records.\n\t\tIf the pupil is a homeless child or youth as defined in subdivision A 7 of \u00a7\n22.1-3, and for that reason the school division determines, on the basis of the\naffidavit of the person seeking to enroll the pupil, that a street address,\nroute number, or post office box number cannot be provided, it may accept an\naddress in an alternate form it deems appropriate.\n\t\tAddress information provided under this section shall not be released to any\nperson unless otherwise authorized by law.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 900; 2000, c. 209; 2004, c. 500; 2019, c. 586; 2025, c. 229.","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}}