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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57994</law_id><section_number>22.1-259</section_number><catch_line>Teachers to keep daily attendance records</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="14">Pupils</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Compulsory School Attendance</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A teacher in every public school in the Commonwealth shall keep an accurate daily record of attendance of all children, both (i) at the beginning of the school day and (ii) if applicable, for each class period, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. Such record shall, at all times, be open to any officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this article who may inspect or copy the same and shall be <span class="dictionary">admissible</span> in <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> in any <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> for a violation of this article as prima facie <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of the <span class="dictionary">facts</span> stated therein.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 22-209, 22-275.15; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 72; 1964, c. 119; 1968, c. 178; 1980, c. 559; 2025, c. 293.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
