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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 204<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":185355,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58251,"identifier":"23.1-808.2","token":"23.1\/II\/8\/2\/23.1-808.2","url":"\/23.1-808.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-808.2\/","token":"23.1\/II\/8\/2\/23.1-808.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Campus safety and emergency preparedness training; first-year completion and biennial review","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-808.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The governing board<\/span> of each public institution of higher education<\/span> shall develop and implement policies requiring that a campus safety and emergency preparedness training program be provided to and completed by all first-year students by the last day of each student’s first academic term and reviewed biennially by each returning student at such institution. Such training program shall focus on active shooter event preparedness and may be offered in any format, including a virtual format, and may include any supplementary materials<\/span> that the governing board<\/span> of each public institution of higher education<\/span> deems appropriate. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Council<\/span> shall encourage private institutions of higher education to develop and implement policies requiring a campus safety and emergency preparedness training program be provided to and completed by all first-year students by the last day of each student’s first academic term and reviewed biennially by each returning student enrolled at such institutions. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCAMPUS SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TRAINING; FIRST-YEAR COMPLETION AND\nBIENNIAL REVIEW (\u00a7 23.1-808.2)\n\nA. The governing board of each public institution of higher education shall\ndevelop and implement policies requiring that a campus safety and emergency\npreparedness training program be provided to and completed by all first-year\nstudents by the last day of each student’s first academic term and\nreviewed biennially by each returning student at such institution. Such training\nprogram shall focus on active shooter event preparedness and may be offered in\nany format, including a virtual format, and may include any supplementary\nmaterials that the governing board of each public institution of higher\neducation deems appropriate.\n\nB. The Council shall encourage private institutions of higher education to\ndevelop and implement policies requiring a campus safety and emergency\npreparedness training program be provided to and completed by all first-year\nstudents by the last day of each student’s first academic term and\nreviewed biennially by each returning student enrolled at such institutions.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, c. 204.","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}}