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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75011</law_id><section_number>22.1-17.5</section_number><catch_line>Public notice and comment regarding certain resource guides</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="2">Board of Education</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In <span class="dictionary">order</span> to provide appropriate opportunity for input from the general public, <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">parents</span></span>, teachers, and local <span class="dictionary">school boards</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Education shall solicit public comment prior to revising or adopting Standards of Learning resource guides and lists of recommended textbooks in any Standards of Learning academic subject. Thirty days prior to soliciting public comment, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall publish notice of its intended action. Interested parties shall be given reasonable opportunity to be heard and present information prior to final action of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.
		The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall make such resource guides available for public inspection at least thirty days prior to final adoption or revision, as the case may be.</p></section></text><history>2001, c. 869.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
