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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58251</law_id><section_number>23.1-808.2</section_number><catch_line>Campus safety and emergency preparedness training; first-year completion and biennial review</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="23.1">Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Students and Campus</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Health and Campus Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Campus Safety; General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">governing board</span> of each <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span> shall develop and implement policies requiring that a campus safety and emergency preparedness training program be provided to and completed by all first-year students by the last day of each student&#x2019;s first academic term and reviewed biennially by each returning student at such institution. Such training program shall focus on active shooter event preparedness and may be offered in any format, including a virtual format, and may include any supplementary <span class="dictionary">materials</span> that the <span class="dictionary">governing board</span> of each <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span> deems appropriate. <a id="paragraph-213435" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-808.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Council</span> shall encourage private institutions of higher education to develop and implement policies requiring a campus safety and emergency preparedness training program be provided to and completed by all first-year students by the last day of each student&#x2019;s first academic term and reviewed biennially by each returning student enrolled at such institutions. <a id="paragraph-213436" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-808.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2024, c. 204.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
