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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74942</law_id><section_number>22.1-212.27</section_number><catch_line>Students enrolled in online courses and virtual programs</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="1.4">Establishment of Virtual School Programs</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any student enrolled in any <span class="dictionary">online course</span> or virtual program offered by a local school division shall be enrolled in a public school in Virginia as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Birth certificates required upon admission; required notice to the local law-enforcement agency" href="/22.1-3.1/">22.1-3.1</a>. <a id="paragraph-269226" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-212.27/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A student&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">parent</span> or guardian shall give written permission prior to the enrollment of the student in any full-time virtual program offered by a local school division. <a id="paragraph-269227" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-212.27/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A student shall not be charged tuition for enrolling in any <span class="dictionary">online course</span> or virtual program offered by the school division in which he resides, pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Persons to whom public schools shall be free" href="/22.1-3/">22.1-3</a>. However, tuition may be charged to students who do not reside within the boundaries of the school division offering such course or program, pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Regulations concerning admission of certain persons to schools; tuition charges" href="/22.1-5/">22.1-5</a>. <a id="paragraph-269228" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-212.27/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2010, cc. 537, 817.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
