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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55358</law_id><section_number>22.1-140</section_number><catch_line>Plans for buildings to be approved by division superintendent</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="22.1">Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9">School Property</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">School Buildings</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No public school building or addition or alteration thereto, for either permanent or temporary use, shall be advertised for bid, contracted for, erected, or otherwise acquired until the plans and specifications therefor (i) have been approved in writing by the <span class="dictionary">division superintendent</span>; (ii) are accompanied by a statement by an architect or professional engineer licensed by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects that such plans and specifications are, in his professional <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> and belief, in compliance with the regulations of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Education and the Uniform Statewide Building Code; and (iii) have been reviewed by an individual or entity with professional expertise in building security and <span class="dictionary">crime</span> prevention through building design. The <span class="dictionary">division superintendent</span>&#x2019;s approval, architect&#x2019;s or engineer&#x2019;s statement, all reviewers&#x2019; comments, and a copy of the final plans and specifications shall be submitted to the Superintendent of Public Instruction.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 22-97, 22-152, 22-153; 1954, cc. 257, 291; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 79, &#xA7; 1; 1968, c. 501; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 161; 1975, cc. 308, 328; 1978, c. 430; 1980, c. 559; 1991, c. 550; 1993, c. 227; 1998, c. 27; 2019, c. 226.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
