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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60447</law_id><section_number>22.1-288.2</section_number><catch_line>Receipt, dissemination and maintenance of records of certain law-enforcement information</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-305.1</reference><reference>16.1-309</reference><reference>22.1-279.3:1</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="5">Pupil Records</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">division superintendent</span> shall disseminate the notice or information regarding an adjudication of delinquency or <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> for an <span class="dictionary">offense</span> listed in subsection G of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Intake; petition; investigation" href="/16.1-260/">16.1-260</a>, contained in a notice received by him pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Disclosure of disposition in certain delinquency cases" href="/16.1-305.1/">16.1-305.1</a> to school personnel responsible for the management of student records and to other relevant school personnel, including, but not limited to, the principal of the school in which the student is enrolled. The principal shall further disseminate such information to licensed instructional personnel and other school personnel who (i) provide direct educational or support services to the student and (ii) have a legitimate educational interest in such information. <a id="paragraph-221015" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-288.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">parent</span>, guardian or other person having control or charge of a student in a public school and, with consent of a <span class="dictionary">parent</span> or in compliance with a <span class="dictionary">court order</span>, the court in which the <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> was rendered, shall be notified in writing of any disciplinary action taken with regard to any incident upon which the adjudication of delinquency or <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> for an <span class="dictionary">offense</span> listed in subsection G of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Intake; petition; investigation" href="/16.1-260/">16.1-260</a> was based and the reasons therefor. The <span class="dictionary">parent</span> or guardian shall also be notified of his or her right to review, and to request an amendment of, the student&#x2019;s scholastic record, in accordance with regulations of the Board of Education governing the management of scholastic records.
			Every notice of adjudication of delinquency or <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> for an <span class="dictionary">offense</span> listed in subsection G of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Intake; petition; investigation" href="/16.1-260/">16.1-260</a> received by a superintendent, and information contained in the notice, which is not a disciplinary record as defined in Board of Education regulations, shall be maintained by him and by any others to whom he disseminates it, separately from all other records concerning the student. However, if the school administrators or the <span class="dictionary">school board</span> takes disciplinary action against a student based upon an incident which formed the basis for the adjudication of delinquency or <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> for an <span class="dictionary">offense</span> listed in subsection G of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Intake; petition; investigation" href="/16.1-260/">16.1-260</a>, the notice shall become a part of the student&#x2019;s disciplinary record. <a id="paragraph-221016" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-288.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> When a superintendent receives notice of the filing of a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> from the intake officer in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Intake; petition; investigation" href="/16.1-260/">16.1-260</a>, or upon request of a court services unit for information made in conjunction with the preparation of a social history report pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Court may require investigation of social history and preparation of victim impact statement" href="/16.1-273/">16.1-273</a>, the superintendent shall provide information regarding the student&#x2019;s educational and attendance status to the intake officer or court services unit, as the case may be. Whenever a <span class="dictionary">division superintendent</span> receives notice of a student&#x2019;s commitment to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Juvenile Justice, the superintendent or his designee shall participate in the development of a reenrollment plan as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Supervision of juvenile or person during commitment and on parole; placing juvenile in halfway house" href="/16.1-293/">16.1-293</a>. <a id="paragraph-221017" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-288.2/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, cc. 835, 913; 1995, c. 429; 1996, cc. 755, 914; 1998, c. 870; 2003, c. 119.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
