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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74434</law_id><section_number>22.1-4.2</section_number><catch_line>Designation of race or ethnicity</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="1">System of Public Schools; General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> <span class="dictionary">School board</span> employees administering tests or other assessment instruments shall not require any public school students being tested to disclose their race or ethnicity on such tests.
			Nothing in this subsection shall, however, prevent relevant school division personnel from obtaining such information from the students&#x2019; permanent record and placing such information on such test or assessment instrument. <a id="paragraph-267502" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-4.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No student or his <span class="dictionary">parent</span> shall be required to disclose information related to the student&#x2019;s race or ethnicity unless (i) the student or his <span class="dictionary">parent</span> is given an option to designate &#x201C;other&#x201D; for the student&#x2019;s race or ethnicity or (ii) such disclosure is required by federal <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-267503" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-4.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, c. 273; 2018, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
