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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59805</law_id><section_number>22.1-4.3</section_number><catch_line>Participation by and notification of noncustodial parent</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><p>Unless a <span class="dictionary">court order</span> has been issued to the contrary, the noncustodial <span class="dictionary">parent</span> of a student enrolled in a public school or day care center (i) shall not be denied the opportunity to participate in any of the student&#x2019;s school or day care activities in which such participation is supported or encouraged by the policies of the school or day care center solely on the basis of such noncustodial status and (ii) shall be included, upon the request of such noncustodial <span class="dictionary">parent</span>, as an emergency contact for the student&#x2019;s school or day care activities.
		For the purposes of this section, &#x201C;school or day care activities&#x201D; shall include, but shall not be limited to, lunch breaks, special in-school programs, <span class="dictionary">parent</span>-teacher conferences and meetings, and extracurricular activities. It is the responsibility of the custodial <span class="dictionary">parent</span> to provide the <span class="dictionary">court order</span> to the school or day care center.</p></section></text><history>1997, c. 762, &#xA7; 22.1-279.5; 2001, cc. 688, 820; 2005, c. 34.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
