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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72253</law_id><section_number>16.1-305.2</section_number><catch_line>Disclosure of notice of the filing of a petition and certain reports by division superintendent</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>66-25.2:1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="12">Confidentiality and Expungement</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Except as otherwise provided in this section, a division superintendent shall not disclose information contained in or derived from a (i) notice of <span class="dictionary">petition</span> received pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Intake; petition; investigation" href="/16.1-260/">16.1-260</a> or (ii) report received pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Director; notice to school superintendent prior to release of certain offenders" href="/66-25.2_1/">66-25.2:1</a>. If the juvenile is not enrolled as a student in a public school in the division to which the notice or report was given, the superintendent shall promptly so notify the <span class="dictionary">intake officer</span> of the <span class="dictionary">juvenile court</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> was filed or the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> who sent the report and may forward the notice of <span class="dictionary">petition</span> or report to the superintendent of the division in which the juvenile is enrolled, if known.
		If the division superintendent believes that disclosure of information regarding a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> to school personnel is necessary to ensure the physical safety of the juvenile, other students or school personnel within the division, he may at any time prior to receipt of the notice of <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Disclosure of disposition in certain delinquency cases" href="/16.1-305.1/">16.1-305.1</a>, disclose the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> of the filing of the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> and the nature of the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> to the principal of the school in which the juvenile who is the subject of the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> is enrolled. The principal may further disseminate the information regarding a <span class="dictionary">petition</span>, after the juvenile has been taken into <span class="dictionary">custody</span>, whether or not the child has been released, only to those students and school personnel having direct contact with the juvenile and need of the information to ensure physical safety or the appropriate educational placement or other educational services.
		If the division superintendent believes that disclosure of information regarding a report received pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Director; notice to school superintendent prior to release of certain offenders" href="/66-25.2_1/">66-25.2:1</a> to school personnel is necessary to ensure the physical safety of the juvenile, other students, or school personnel within the division he may disclose the information to the principal of the school in which the juvenile is enrolled. The principal may further disseminate the information regarding such report only to school personnel as necessary to protect the juvenile, the subject or subjects of the danger, other students, or school personnel.</p></section></text><history>1995, c. 429; 2003, c. 119; 2009, c. 276.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
