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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74736</law_id><section_number>63.2-606</section_number><catch_line>Eligibility for TANF; school attendance</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>63.2-602</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Public Assistance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In <span class="dictionary">order</span> to be eligible for <span class="dictionary">TANF</span>, members of the assistance unit, including <span class="dictionary">minor</span> custodial parents, shall be in compliance with compulsory school attendance <span class="dictionary">laws</span> (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Compulsory attendance required; excuses and waivers; alternative education program attendance; exemptions from article" href="/22.1-254/">22.1-254</a> et seq.). The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this section, including procedures for <span class="dictionary">local departments</span> to (i) receive notification from local school divisions of students who are truant and (ii) assist families in noncompliance to achieve compliance. An applicant for or recipient of <span class="dictionary">TANF</span> or any member of his assistance unit who has been found guilty under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Violation constitutes misdemeanor" href="/22.1-263/">22.1-263</a> shall not be eligible for <span class="dictionary">TANF</span> financial assistance until in compliance with compulsory school attendance <span class="dictionary">laws</span>. Any person who becomes ineligible for <span class="dictionary">TANF</span> financial assistance as a result of this section shall nonetheless be considered a <span class="dictionary">TANF</span> recipient for all other purposes.</p></section></text><history>1995, c. 450, &#xA7; 63.1-105.4; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
