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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 273<\/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 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 2018, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":180997,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74434,"identifier":"22.1-4.2","token":"22.1\/1\/22.1-4.2","url":"\/22.1-4.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-4.2\/","token":"22.1\/1\/22.1-4.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Designation of race or ethnicity","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-4.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> School board<\/span> employees administering tests or other assessment instruments shall not require any public school students being tested to disclose their race or ethnicity on such tests.\n\t\t\tNothing in this subsection shall, however, prevent relevant school division personnel from obtaining such information from the students’ permanent record and placing such information on such test or assessment instrument. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No student or his parent<\/span> shall be required to disclose information related to the student’s race or ethnicity unless (i) the student or his parent<\/span> is given an option to designate “other” for the student’s race or ethnicity or (ii) such disclosure is required by federal law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDESIGNATION OF RACE OR ETHNICITY (\u00a7 22.1-4.2)\n\nA. School board employees administering tests or other assessment instruments\nshall not require any public school students being tested to disclose their race\nor ethnicity on such tests.\n\t\t\tNothing in this subsection shall, however, prevent relevant school division\npersonnel from obtaining such information from the students’ permanent\nrecord and placing such information on such test or assessment instrument.\n\nB. No student or his parent shall be required to disclose information related to\nthe student’s race or ethnicity unless (i) the student or his parent is\ngiven an option to designate “other” for the student’s race or\nethnicity or (ii) such disclosure is required by federal law.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 273; 2018, c. 587.","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}}