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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78781</law_id><section_number>22.1-212.1</section_number><catch_line>Obligations of school boards</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>Pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="English designated the official language of the Commonwealth" href="/1-511/">1-511</a>, <span class="dictionary">school boards</span> shall have no obligation to teach the standard curriculum, except courses in foreign languages, in a language other than English. <span class="dictionary">School boards</span> shall endeavor to provide instruction in the English language which shall be designed to promote the education of students for whom English is a second language.</p></section></text><history>1981, c. 185; 1986, c. 466; 1996, c. 829; 2005, c. 839.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
