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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55064</law_id><section_number>22.1-267</section_number><catch_line>Proceedings against habitually absent child</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-278.5</reference><reference>22.1-263</reference></referred_to_by><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>Any child permitted by any <span class="dictionary">parent</span>, guardian, or other person having control thereof to be habitually absent from school contrary to the provisions of this article may be proceeded against as a child in need of supervision as provided in Chapter 11 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Short title" href="/16.1-226/">16.1-226</a> et seq.) of Title 16.1.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 22-275.20; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 72; 1976, c. 98; 1980, c. 559; 1990, c. 797; 1991, c. 295.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
