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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80349</law_id><section_number>22.1-208</section_number><catch_line>Emphasis on moral education</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="13">Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Programs and Courses of Instruction Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The entire scheme of instruction in the public schools shall emphasize moral education through lessons given by teachers and imparted by appropriate reading selections.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 22-238; 1980, c. 559.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
