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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70818</law_id><section_number>22.1-287.03</section_number><catch_line>Unique student identification numbers</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="5">Pupil Records</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Neither the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Education nor any local <span class="dictionary">school board</span> shall require any student enrolled in a public <span class="dictionary">elementary</span> or secondary school or receiving home instruction pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Declaration of policy; requirements for home instruction of children" href="/22.1-254.1/">22.1-254.1</a>, or his <span class="dictionary">parent</span>, to provide the student&#x2019;s federal social security number. <a id="paragraph-255394" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-287.03/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Education shall develop a system of unique student identification numbers. Each local <span class="dictionary">school board</span> shall assign such a number to each student enrolled in a public <span class="dictionary">elementary</span> or secondary school. No student identification number shall include or be derived from the student&#x2019;s federal social security number. Each student shall retain his student identification number for as long as he is enrolled in a public <span class="dictionary">elementary</span> or secondary school in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-255395" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-287.03/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2015, cc. 372, 666.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
